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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?
(a) Political difficulties.
(b) A revolt by a penal colony.
(c) A gun runner's ring.
(d) A rum runner's ring.

2. To whom does Aubrey give his word that there are no stowaways on board?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The governor.
(c) The military police.
(d) The navy admiral stationed in Port Jackson.

3. What does Aubrey realize?
(a) That the contraband whiskey must have come aboard at the last port call.
(b) That he has found the source of the crew's apparent high morale.
(c) That the ship must not have been thoroughly checked for rats at the last port.
(d) The dead crew member just signed on at the last port.

4. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?
(a) The ropes.
(b) The galley.
(c) The cable tiers.
(d) The rigging.

5. What does Maturin hope to do some day?
(a) Visit both places his patients have been.
(b) Study the fauna at the Galapagos.
(c) Have a large enough vessel to sail around the world.
(d) Find a native wife at one of the tropical islands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the other patient which Maturin is examining been?

2. What class is the vessel?

3. Who smuggles Clarissa on board?

4. What does Aubrey note among the crew?

5. What vessel are Aubrey and Maturin sailing?

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