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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do on the quarterdeck?
(a) Aids in the swabbing of the deck.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Entertains the men.
(d) Has a shower-bath.

2. What does the Captain read to the ship's company on the fourth Sunday of every month?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) Leviticus.
(c) The Articles of War.
(d) A church service.

3. Why does the Captain climb down the hatchway?
(a) To catch the mutineers.
(b) To follow Wellard.
(c) To get some exercise.
(d) To secure some more rum.

4. The number of shipmen in the crews that secure the lower deck guns totaled _____________.
(a) 108.
(b) 118.
(c) 80.
(d) 180.

5. Why does the Captain order Wellard below decks for a second time?
(a) None of the answers are correct.
(b) Conspiracy.
(c) He disobeys orders.
(d) He has been misbehaving

Short Answer Questions

1. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.

2. Who says of Wellard, "He knows nothing, sir. He doesn't know the bobstay from the spanker-boom."?

3. Wellard is a ____________.

4. How many times is Wellard beaten in total on this day?

5. What role does Whiting have?

(see the answer key)

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