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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin plan to do to prevent talking under torture.
(a) Killing himself.
(b) Talking but giving useless information.
(c) Provoke them into killing him.
(d) Cutting his tongue so he cannot talk.

2. Why would Grisholm give the Minnie docking privileges?
(a) Because the Minnie is bringing the new relief commander to Grisholm.
(b) Because the owner of the Minnie is in Grisholm at the moment.
(c) Because the Minnie is bringing supplies to Grisholm
(d) Because the Minnie is known to be friendly to the French.

3. What about the person he thinks of most often comes to his thoughts?
(a) How she loves the Blue Peter diamond so much.
(b) How she will be an orphan and she'll have to leave with his odious mother-in-law.
(c) How she has been such a nuisance since Aubrey's encounter with her.
(d) How she loves Aubrey though Aubrey ignores her most of the time.

4. What are the seas like as the convoy travels onward?
(a) Calm.
(b) Glassy.
(c) Unsettled.
(d) Twenty-foot waves.

5. What ship are Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers aboard?
(a) HMS Elizabeth.
(b) HMS Shannon.
(c) HMS Leopard.
(d) HMS Java.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do men comment concerning Villiers?

2. How does Smith find Aubrey to be?

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

4. What does the Ariel do?

5. Who is waiting to greet the crew of the Ariel as they come ashore?

(see the answer key)

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