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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Captain Aubrey's first sea command?
(a) Serengeti.
(b) Royale.
(c) Savage Sea Explorer.
(d) Sophie.

2. Which character is intelligent, demure, and eminently proper?
(a) Diana Villiers.
(b) Sophia Williams.
(c) Frances Williams.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

3. During the series of social gatherings described in Chapter 2, who gains Captain Jack Aubrey's attention more openly and honestly?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Diana Villiers.
(c) Sophia Williams.
(d) Cecelia Williams.

4. Who do Captain Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin compare notes on, and secretly, mutually desire following the ball
(a) Cecelia Williams.
(b) Diana Villiers.
(c) Mrs. Williams.
(d) Frances Williams.

5. What is it that Captain Aubrey is threatened with that persuades him to leave England?
(a) Demotion.
(b) Flogging.
(c) Incarceration.
(d) Lynching.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what country does Diana Villiers leave in order to return to England?

2. Where is the gentleman's residence that Captain Jack Aubrey rents located?

3. How long is Captain Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin's trek across France?

4. What was the name of French Captain Christy-Palliere's ship that captured Captain Aubrey's first sea command?

5. What is the dreadful news about that Captain Aubrey receives via letter at Polcary Down?

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