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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Aubrey first go ashore at Minorca?
(a) Waits until noon.
(b) At first morning light.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Under cover of the night.

2. How does Maturin get to the gunboat after the escape from the Port Mahon prison?
(a) He walks the long way around the island.
(b) He ride a horse left by Maragall.
(c) He swims across the harbor.
(d) He is strapped to a board and carried.

3. Who is Richard Canning?
(a) A friend to Mrs. Williams.
(b) Diana Villiers' love interest.
(c) A minister Sophie knows.
(d) New High Lord.

4. What does Maturin have Aubrey's men take from the Port Mahon prison?
(a) French official documents.
(b) Money and jewels.
(c) Implements of torture.
(d) French weapons.

5. What is found on the French gunboat that may aid Aubrey against the French?
(a) Current French codebook.
(b) An English prisoner.
(c) Intercepted English messages.
(d) Cache of weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Joseph Blain discuss with Maturin after the lecture?

2. Where does Sophie's meeting with Maturin in chapter one take place?

3. To what kind of lecture does Maturin go to in Chapter one?

4. At the beginning of the book, with whom is Dr. Stephen Maturin recently involved romantically?

5. When Aubrey first goes ashore on Minorca, who approaches him and wants to talk about Maturin?

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