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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey say the Navy does not stock their ships well with?
(a) Spare wood.
(b) Water.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Practice powder.

2. What is Aubrey to do after leaving the blockade?
(a) Deliver a political delegation.
(b) Scout out a new position of strength.
(c) Confront enemy shores.
(d) Pick up Maturin.

3. Why does Maturin take pity on Yeats?
(a) He is still angry with Aubrey.
(b) He seems friendly.
(c) He has seen this man before.
(d) He has no nautical skill.

4. What kind of sickness does Aubrey get while Maturin is gone?
(a) Gout in his foot.
(b) A cold.
(c) A gash on his arm.
(d) A rash.

5. Where is the Jemmapes from?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?

2. What does Thornton tell captains in the blockade to do once the French have broken through?

3. What does the Worcester do when the French break through the blockade?

4. How does Aubrey know Babbington so well?

5. Why does Thornton choose to go home after the conflict at the blockade?

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