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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is spreading like wildfire in the town where Shannon is docking?
(a) News of the HMS Shannon's victory.
(b) The plague.
(c) The flu.
(d) News of the end of the war.

2. Who is Jagiello?
(a) A character in a Shakespeare play that Maturin is reading.
(b) One of the sailmen.
(c) A young officer of the Swedish service.
(d) A pirate for whom Ariel has hired for advising.

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

4. What does Aubrey desperately want to do?
(a) Return to a sea command.
(b) Divorce Sophie.
(c) Be left alone.
(d) Retire.

5. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?
(a) A toad on the sidewalk.
(b) The boom of a ship's gun.
(c) A raccoon walking towards them.
(d) A rat running across the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin suggest?

2. What does Maturin do at the ball?

3. For what is everyone waiting anxiously?

4. Who does Maturin greet?

5. With whom do the transports rendezvous?

(see the answer key)

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