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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Martin, Maturin's assistant, fare with the illness?
(a) He never gets it.
(b) He recovers.
(c) He doesn't get better but doesn't die.
(d) He dies from it.

2. With what does Maturin find Aubrey busy?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Get-rich-quick schemes.
(c) Dicing.
(d) Playing polo.

3. Who is Sophie?
(a) Aubrey's mistress.
(b) Aubrey's daughter.
(c) Aubrey's wife.
(d) The admiral's daughter.

4. What does Maturin manipulate Herapath into doing?
(a) Admitting he is an American.
(b) Talking Wogan into giving away her secrets.
(c) Walking Wogan on the deck.
(d) Taking over most of his work.

5. How long does the ship lie becalmed?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

6. What did Wogan have that kept her in good physical shape?
(a) A positive attitude.
(b) Several men who were helping her.
(c) Her own personal food stores.
(d) An exercise regimen.

7. What do Herapath, Maturin and Wogan do when they see each other?
(a) Try to get each other to divulge secrets.
(b) Pretend to be innocent of any prior knowledge.
(c) Play a complicated dice game.
(d) Fight over Wogan.

8. In what direction from the ship is the windless area normally encountered?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

9. How many sailors are allowed liberty at the next stop?
(a) None.
(b) Half the crew at a time.
(c) Anyone who was not recovering from illness.
(d) One third of the crew at a time.

10. What does Wogan say as to why she is interested in Herapath?
(a) He reminds her of her brother.
(b) She thinks he's handsome.
(c) She saw him fall.
(d) She knew him in London.

11. Where does Aubrey head after the illness is over?
(a) West Indies.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Brazil.

12. Who is the officer Aubrey is having trouble with?
(a) First mate Brown.
(b) Lt. Grant.
(c) Bosom Parker.
(d) Second mate Linemen.

13. What is Aubrey doing as the novel opens?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Living a life of dissipation.
(c) Coming up before the review board.
(d) Hiring crew.

14. What was Aubrey trying to avoid by going north and northwest?
(a) Bay of Bengali.
(b) The lee side of Spain.
(c) The south side of France.
(d) Eastern Africa.

15. What does Maturin do about the prisoners' illness?
(a) Tries to contain it.
(b) He allows it to spread so people will become immune.
(c) He has no treatment for it.
(d) Cures it with medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pursues the Leopard?

2. Who is Michael Herapath?

3. What did Wogan kill in her lodgings?

4. How is Sophie characterized?

5. How did the prisoners' quarters appear after the storm?

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