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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 must Aubrey do to ensure an English victory?
(a) Have the first strike.
(b) Stay a long range from the Cornélie.
(c) Wait for the Cornélie to use up her powder.
(d) Get quite close to the Cornélie.

2. What effect does the method Aubrey uses to arm his ship have?
(a) It makes the ship lighter and therefore faster.
(b) It has a heavy punch up close but no long-range accuracy.
(c) It enables more men in the rigging to pick off boarding parties.
(d) It covers both short and long-range possibilites.

3. Upon what did the ship wreck?
(a) Rocks.
(b) A submerged reef.
(c) A submerged vessel that wrecked earlier.
(d) An iceberg.

4. Who owns the Chinese junk?
(a) Su Je.
(b) Je Wong.
(c) Lee Yung.
(d) Li Po.

5. What happens to Cornélie as the ships exchange gun fire?
(a) It sustains hull damage.
(b) It increases speed.
(c) It brings out a new, longrange gun.
(d) It drops back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who exchanges gunfire with Cornélie?

2. Who receives the commission for the HMS Nutmeg of Consolation?

3. How had Fox behaved?

4. What does Raffles' wife ask of Aubrey?

5. What are Aubrey's intentions?

(see the answer key)

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