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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What British interests or laws are being threatened?
(a) The rum import tariff.
(b) Fur-trading.
(c) The monopoly on coffee.
(d) The slave trade act of 1807.

2. What outrages Sarah and Emily?
(a) That Aubrey is contemplating leaving them in the care of the local missionaries.
(b) That Clarissa gets to go ashore but they do not.
(c) That they have to wear clothes on the island.
(d) That the butcher refuses to properly feed the animals brought on board.

3. What does Aubrey do before breakfast?
(a) Has Oakes given 20 lashes and Clarrisa Harville given 3 lashes.
(b) Goes swimming.
(c) Climbs to the monkey's nest.
(d) Has Oakes lashed.

4. What do Maturin and Aubrey agree on about Clarissa?
(a) She is strikingly beautiful.
(b) She is rather quiet.
(c) She is no great beauty.
(d) She is rather coarse.

5. Who drinks himself under the table?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) Midshipman Reade.
(c) Maturin.
(d) The first mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Franklin?

2. Upon what belief does Dutourd base his actions?

3. What does Reade speak about as he is losing consciousness?

4. How does Aubrey try to solve the problem some of the officers are having?

5. What does Aubrey realize about his crew?

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