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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martin say he has been contemplating?
(a) Leaving the Navy.
(b) Settling in the West Indies.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Marriage.

2. Where is Surprise to meet the HMS Danaë?
(a) Near Boston.
(b) Near Buenos Aires.
(c) Near Newfoundland.
(d) Near Haiti.

3. How are whales stripped of their blubber?
(a) They wait until they get to port and the whales are sliced in long strips.
(b) By boiling the carcass whole.
(c) In one continuous spiral strip.
(d) By cutting chunks out of the hide.

4. Why does Maturin find Allen's conversation interesting?
(a) Maturin once was on a vessel captured by pirates.
(b) He loves natural history.
(c) His father was a whaler.
(d) Maturin wonders about the claims about the Bermuda Triangle.

5. Who agrees to accept a lesser position on Surprise since he has no other options at the time?
(a) Martin.
(b) Mowett.
(c) Tom Pullings.
(d) Fielding.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where are live eels supposedly removed?

2. What kind of ship is the Surprise?

3. Who is Mr. Wray?

4. Who commands Surprise?

5. Whom does Maturin observe trying to flirt with Mrs. Horner?

(see the answer key)

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