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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns a personal estate just across the border in Spain?
(a) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(b) Diana Villiers.
(c) Sophia Williams.
(d) Captain Jack Aubrey.

2. Who serves as Captain Aubrey's navigator as the Polychrest heads into the French port?
(a) Ship Master Goodridge.
(b) Crewman Stephen Steer.
(c) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(d) First Lieutenant Parker.

3. What item does Diana ask Maturin to sell in order to buy cloth and threads to make herself a suitable dress for the formal ball?
(a) A jewel.
(b) Original painting.
(c) Gold watch.
(d) Coin collection.

4. What type of dueling pistols does Doctor Maturin borrow from MacDonald?
(a) Joseph Manton.
(b) Stephen Carrothers.
(c) L.D. Bounds.
(d) Howard Bentley.

5. Aubrey's sea command transports an officer's ______________ on one voyage.
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandmoher.
(c) Sister.
(d) Aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Captain Aubrey want the Indiaman Lord Nelson captured by the British?

2. What historical ship could the Polychrest's design be partially based on?

3. Which character is intelligent, demure, and eminently proper?

4. Whose home is the setting for a party attended by Captain Aubrey, Mrs. Williams, and her daughter, Cecilia ?

5. What type of relationship is shared between Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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