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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?
(a) Writing a novel.
(b) Teaching at the medical school.
(c) Collecting specimens.
(d) Intelligence.

2. From where have Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers just escaped?
(a) An uprising in the West Indies.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Boston.
(d) New Orleans.

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

4. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?
(a) Aubrey's wife has died.
(b) Aubrey's home burns to the ground but his wife and children are alive.
(c) Kimber has exhausted Aubrey's funds with little to show for it.
(d) Aubrey needs to come home as his wife is dying.

5. Who is Kimber?
(a) Aubrey's brother-in-law.
(b) Aubrey's best friend back in England.
(c) Aubrey's cousin and lawyer.
(d) Aubrey's business agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Maturin doing in America recently?

2. Who gave Villiers the diamond necklace?

3. What does Maturin ask Villiers?

4. What does Maturin obtain for Villiers?

5. Where is the HMS Shannon going?

(see the answer key)

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