• 1. 
    What is both “the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf” and a place to sit, sleep, or rest on a ship?

  • board
  • bunk
  • berth
  • dock
  • 2. 
    Which term refers to changing the direction a ship is sailing “by turning the bow to the wind and shifting the sails so as to fall off on the other side at about the same angle as before”?

  • pinning
  • surging
  • streaming
  • tacking
  • 3. 
    What is the area “near, toward, or in the stern of a ship”?

  • post
  • starboard
  • aft
  • port
  • 4. 
    Which word describes something “behind a ship”?

  • astern
  • astral
  • starboard
  • port
  • 5. 
    Which word means “the forward part of a ship”?

  • bow
  • capstan
  • head
  • bender
  • 6. 
    Which is “a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering”?

  • topsider
  • helm
  • shrike
  • sling
  • 7. 
    Which is “the frame or body of a ship”?

  • mast
  • shuck
  • shell
  • hull
  • 8. 
    Which sailing maneuver involves changing a ship’s direction “so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side”?

  • safety
  • tacking
  • heaving
  • jibing
  • 9. 
    Which is “a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship”?

  • mast
  • mizzen
  • yard
  • quarterdeck
  • 10. 
    What consists of the “lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail”?

  • rudders
  • rigging
  • foremast
  • shrouds
  • 11. 
    What is “the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along the center of its bottom and that often projects from the bottom”?

  • keel
  • forecastle
  • propeller
  • bow
  • 12. 
    Which word means “being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing”?

  • southerly
  • leeward
  • windward
  • downwind
  • 13. 
    Which is considered “the right side of a ship…looking forward”?

  • starboard
  • port
  • aft
  • astern
  • 14. 
    What is “the rear end of a boat”?

  • stop
  • stern
  • rudder
  • derriere
  • 15. 
    What kind of knot is “made of two reverse half-knots”?

  • square
  • reef
  • bowling
  • clove
  • 16. 
    What is “an underwater blade” used to steer a ship?

  • rudder
  • propeller
  • wheel
  • anchor
  • 17. 
    What exclamation is used to draw attention when hailing a ship?

  • Avast!
  • Yo!
  • Hail!
  • Ahoy!
  • 18. 
    What is the anchor’s position when it is “raised just clear of the bottom”?

  • clear
  • moored
  • aweigh
  • dragging
  • 19. 
    What is “the lowest point of a ship’s inner hull”?

  • bilge
  • funnel
  • forehatch
  • bulwark
  • 20. 
    What is “a partly enclosed platform high on a ship's mast for use as a lookout”?

  • mainmast
  • crow’s nest
  • masthead
  • forecastle
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