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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Beck?
(a) A local intelligence officer.
(b) The man who brought Maturin a rare plant specimen.
(c) Another doctor who teaches at the medical college.
(d) The owner of the Inn where Maturin is staying.

2. What does Maturin find irresistible about Villiers?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her grace.
(c) Nothing really attracts Maturin to Villiers.
(d) Her laughter.

3. What does Maturin ask his fellow physicians?
(a) What medicine to give Villiers.
(b) How to diagnose early pregnancy.
(c) If they will assume the teaching of his classes for a while.
(d) How to know if a woman loves you.

4. Who is pursuing Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers?
(a) The Merrimack.
(b) The USS Constitution.
(c) The Monitor.
(d) The USS Mayflower.

5. What do Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers do to effect a return to England?
(a) They have to wait until later in the summer.
(b) They take a private merchant vessel.
(c) They take a slower packet.
(d) They are onboard the fast packet with the original communiqué from Broke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Diligence?

2. What is spreading like wildfire in the town where Shannon is docking?

3. How is Hyde as a sailor and officer?

4. Where does the vessel carrying Aubrey and company arrive?

5. What is Jagiello's most prominent feature?

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