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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of ship is the Néréide?
(a) A sloop.
(b) A battle cruiser.
(c) A thirty-six gun frigate.
(d) A forty-eight gun Longship.

2. What type of ship is Groper?
(a) A sloop.
(b) A frigate.
(c) A transport.
(d) A clipper ship.

3. Who reaches Cape Town?
(a) Boadicea.
(b) HMS Roland.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Leopard.

4. For what use does Aubrey grind lenses?
(a) For binoculars.
(b) For magnifying glasses.
(c) For telescopes.
(d) For eye glasses.

5. What ship has Aubrey been given to command?
(a) The frigate Boadicea.
(b) The sloop Nadine.
(c) The longship Victoria.
(d) The firgate Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertie give Captain Aubrey?

2. Where is Captain Aubrey's home?

3. How does Maturin feel about McAdam's alcoholism?

4. About what abstract human characteristic does Maturin ponder?

5. In what capacity does Stephen Maturin work for the crown?

(see the answer key)

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