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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Maturin away from home for long periods of time?
(a) His job with the Navy.
(b) His bouts of sickness.
(c) His publishing tours.
(d) His scientific studies.

2. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Patience.
(b) Humor.
(c) Malice.
(d) Hair.

3. What causes the fear of the Jemmapes after they are fired on?
(a) The loud boom.
(b) The eery silence.
(c) The colored sparks.
(d) The flag being flown.

4. What is Mitchell's title in the Navy?
(a) General.
(b) Commander.
(c) Admiral.
(d) Captain.

5. What is the name of Maturin's wife?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Diana.
(d) Deborah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pullings' title in the Navy?

2. Where does the Worcester make her first stop?

3. What is Aubrey's first name?

4. What about Graham is said to be nearly perfect?

5. What is Maturin's first name?

(see the answer key)

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