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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whose fleet does the Ariel rendezvous?
(a) Admiral Hornblower.
(b) Admiral Sir Drake.
(c) Admiral Lord Nelson.
(d) Admiral Sir James Saumarez.

2. What can prevent a ship from determining its longitude?
(a) A broken chronometer.
(b) A broken gyrocompass.
(c) A broken sextant.
(d) Cloudy skies.

3. What does Aubrey fear?
(a) His wife will die.
(b) His children will be lost without their mother.
(c) He will not have the money to rebuild his home.
(d) He is financially ruined.

4. Why is celestial navigation out of the question?
(a) Their navigator died while at Grimsholm.
(b) They do not have a sextant.
(c) The charts for extrapolation were lost overboard in the last fight.
(d) Overcast skies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maturin respond to attempts by Frenchman to use him as a courier?

2. What does Aubrey feel a few hours later?

3. How does Aubrey feel about being back at sea?

4. From where have Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers just escaped?

5. Who is Mrs. Williams?

(see the answer key)

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