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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wogan attempt to convince Maturin to do?
(a) Be her lover.
(b) Get rid of Micheal Herapath for her.
(c) Give her more information about the movement of British ships.
(d) Be an American agent.

2. Of what do Johnson's plantation workers comprise?
(a) Well-paid freed slaves.
(b) A large group of slaves, mostly his own progeny.
(c) He has no plantations to speak of.
(d) Well-paid poor white farmers.

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

4. What happens after several days in the sun?
(a) Dehydration starts.
(b) The men start jumping into the water to cool off.
(c) The men start hallucinating.
(d) The men are badly burned.

5. Who is Wallis?
(a) The local intelligence officer.
(b) The Captain of the La Flèche.
(c) Aubrey's first mate.
(d) Maturin's brother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Herapath tying to make a living?

2. How does George Herapath view the current war?

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

4. What do the men do to the food and water in the boat?

5. Who is Yorke?

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