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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scriven teach Captain Aubrey to do?
(a) Write an essay.
(b) Train a bear.
(c) Avoid debtors' prison.
(d) Escape from Sophia.

2. What type of makeshift facility does Captain Aubrey's new sea command accommodate?
(a) Floating market.
(b) Cargo carrier.
(c) Gun platform.
(d) Public infirmary.

3. Who is injured aboard the Polychrest at the same time that Aubrey is injured?
(a) Pennington.
(b) Rundle.
(c) Williamson.
(d) Babbington.

4. Who is Aubrey beginning a casual dalliance with at the same time that he is courting Sophia?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Mrs. Williams.
(c) Diana Villiers.
(d) Cecelia Williams.

5. Who censures Captain Aubrey for allegedly being too punctilious?
(a) Pullins.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Harte.
(d) Goodridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the Polychrest's entry into the harbor of its French port destination be accurately described?

2. Who does Captain Aubrey turn down an offer of a sea command from?

3. How much of a full crew is Captain Aubrey missing with only thirty-three crewmen aboard the Polychrest?

4. Whose perfume does Maturin smell on Aubrey upon the latter's return to the Polychrest?

5. During a private conference at the formal ball between Dr. Stephen Maturin and Diana Villiers, what information does Diana disclose to Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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