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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. How does what the Leopard men do help the Java?
(a) It relieves some marines for small-arms work in the fighting tops.
(b) They free up Java's men to board the Constitution.
(c) They can concentrate on long-distance warfare.
(d) They are not just dead weight.

2. What seems a possibility to the men after a few days?
(a) Starvation.
(b) They will sight land soon.
(c) They are on the wrong course.
(d) They will start encountering other vessels as they have entered a shipping lane.

3. What good news does the Captain offer Aubrey?
(a) That his wife has had a son.
(b) That Aubrey is being considered as a fleet commander.
(c) That his wife knows he is alive.
(d) That the Acasta has been entirely re-fitted.

4. What do the sailors believe when they encounter a vessel?
(a) It is from Brazil.
(b) It is a French frigate.
(c) It is a friendly vessel at an appointed rendezvous.
(d) It is a merchant vessel.

5. Who is Pontet-Canet?
(a) The steward of the Constitution.
(b) A Frenchman Maturin has seen before.
(c) A French officer on board the Constitutioni.
(d) One of the main commanders in the French and Indian wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what does Maturin agonize when on board the La Flèche?

2. Why does the Leopard make quite a stir when entering the port?

3. Where does the Constitution land?

4. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?

5. Who do Maturin and Aubrey take on in Cricket?

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