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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has to be rationed?
(a) Citrus to keep from scurvy.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

2. What do Aubrey and Maturin share?
(a) A hatred of the Irish.
(b) A hatred of all things Dutch.
(c) An appreciation for the natural sciences.
(d) An appreciation for music.

3. Who has just been promoted to junior commander of his own ship?
(a) Lesueur.
(b) Mr. Pullings.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) Brown.

4. Of what religion are the majority of Mubara's inhabitants?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Muslim.
(c) None.
(d) Christian.

5. What is Niobe?
(a) A marketplace where they sell their camels.
(b) The ship Aubrey and his crew board.
(c) The name of the lake they encounter upon exiting the desert.
(d) The city near the place where they leave the desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aubrey order the men to row to an island and back?

2. What ship do they find?

3. About what do the citizens gossip?

4. What is happening to many of Aubrey's best men?

5. Who follows Aubrey dutifully?

(see the answer key)

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