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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What history, if any, does Aubrey have with the H.M.S. Surprise?
(a) He hears the H.M.S. Surprise is bad luck.
(b) He serves on the vessel when he is younger.
(c) H.M.S. Surprise is another blockade vessel.
(d) He's never heard of the vessel.

2. In chapter two, where is Maturin imprisoned?
(a) Port Mahon.
(b) In London.
(c) On a French ship.
(d) Stockade near Paris.

3. Where does H.M.S. Lively help run a frigate-picket blockade in chapter two?
(a) Off the coast of Toulon.
(b) French port of Le Havre.
(c) French colonies in the New World.
(d) Near the coast of India.

4. How many of the French soldiers guarding the prisoners at Port Mahon escape harm?
(a) Only two guards are wounded.
(b) One French officer gets away.
(c) Only the prison commander dies.
(d) All French are killed.

5. What is the ruling of the First Lord about the seized Spanish ships?
(a) The First Lord asks Spain for ransom.
(b) Captured vessels escheat to the crown.
(c) Ships must be returned to Spain.
(d) Ruling put off until a later meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aubrey's fate upon return to England from Port Mahon??

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

3. What is Maturin's preferred method of recovery when he returns to Britain from Port Mahon?

4. What is Captain Aubrey's attitude toward an opportunity to command H.M.S. Surprise?

5. After the secret meeting with Sophie in chapter four, where does Aubrey go with Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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