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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin think the sound is?
(a) The sound of the seaweed flowing against the keel.
(b) A manatee-like creature.
(c) A sirocco-type wind.
(d) A whale.

2. What does Maturin tell Mrs. Horner?
(a) Her husband will always be impotent.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Coca leaves would work as a contraceptive.
(d) Her husband is not ill physically.

3. What does Maturin hear the crew discuss?
(a) Higgins has poisoned Horner.
(b) Horner has jumped overboard.
(c) Horner has beaten up Higgins rather badly.
(d) Higgins has been thrown overboard.

4. How does this acquaintance help the Surprise?
(a) It keeps the Surprise from being overly taxed.
(b) It speeds up the process of repairs.
(c) It gives the officers a decent place to stay.
(d) It helps Aubrey gain information.

5. Why do whaling ships have prominent crow's nests?
(a) To balance the ship when a whale carcass is attached.
(b) To facilitate spotting whales.
(c) To signal other ships that a particular whale is a ship's find.
(d) To be able to bombard the whale from a goodly height.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes evident as the days pass?

2. What happens when Horner is taken to sick berth?

3. How does Surprise send mail home?

4. What region does the Surprise pass through that is considered difficult?

5. Of what does Maturin purchase a large quantity?

(see the answer key)

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