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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aubrey asked to do repeatedly?
(a) Introduce Villiers to the crowd.
(b) Recount the battle scene from his perspective.
(c) Have a flagon of ale on the house.
(d) Show his battle wound.

2. What is the relationship between Harry Johnson and Villiers?
(a) They are husband and wife.
(b) They are brother and sister-in-law.
(c) They are former lovers.
(d) They do not know each other.

3. For what is everyone waiting anxiously?
(a) For Captain Broke's wounds to heal.
(b) The coming of the new ambassador from the United States.
(c) The coming of the new ambassador from Germany.
(d) For the return of two packets with further orders for Aubrey and Maturin.

4. What does Maturin do at the ball?
(a) Dances almost every dance.
(b) Escorts Villiers from group to group introducing her.
(c) Sleeps in a corner chair.
(d) Watches other people and examines the potted plants.

5. Who is Amanda Smith?
(a) A young woman who dotes on Aubrey.
(b) A young woman asked to be Villiers's maid.
(c) Matruin's cousin who is there with her mother.
(d) The daughter of the host at the ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aubrey quote that misleads Amanda Smith?

2. What happens to the original communiqué Broke writes about the Shannon's encounter?

3. What does Maturin advise Aubrey?

4. What has Villiers recently become?

5. What does Maturin obtain for Villiers?

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