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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey forgo in favor of professional duty?.
(a) Religion.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Love.
(d) Meals.

2. What was the name of French Captain Christy-Palliere's ship that captured Captain Aubrey's first sea command?
(a) Sorbonne.
(b) Placer du Mar.
(c) Desaix.
(d) Ritzonne.

3. Who does Aubrey entertain aboard ship in grand style?
(a) Harte.
(b) Canning.
(c) Keith.
(d) Maturin.

4. In Chapter 2, which character begins to subtly court Captain Jack Aubrey?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Cecelia Williams.
(c) Diana Villiers.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

5. Who gives Aubrey's steward foodstuffs to take on board the Polychrest.
(a) Canning.
(b) Babbington.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Cecelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary development in Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of Captain Aubrey's old friend who is captain of The Franchise?

3. What type of subject matter do Maturin and MacDonald like to discuss?

4. What is the name of the suitor whom Mrs. Williams has arranged for her daughter, Sophia?

5. Who do Captain Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin compare notes on, and secretly, mutually desire following the ball

(see the answer key)

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