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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the approximate date at the opening of the novel?
(a) 1813.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1811.

2. What arises in Chapter 5?
(a) A ship-wide illness.
(b) A storm.
(c) A serious fight among the crew.
(d) A ship-wide wager.

3. What is Clarissa's position when she first begins working?
(a) Cook.
(b) Bookkeeper.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Maid.

4. How does Aubrey continue to spend his time?
(a) In teaching more intricate sea manuevers.
(b) In sorting through his voluminous estate papers.
(c) In playing whist and bridge with Maturin.
(d) In re-designing the rigging.

5. What does Maturin continue to write about Clarissa?
(a) That she reminds him of his sister.
(b) That she is hiding something.
(c) That she is no great beauty.
(d) That he cannot believe she killed someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin hope to do some day?

2. Who is Clarissa Oakes?

3. What infuriates Aubrey about the problems Davidge and West have?

4. What is the focal point of the French power at Moahu?

5. What does Surprise do?

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