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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the HMS Shannon do?
(a) Blows up.
(b) Signals with lanterns to Aubrey.
(c) Attacks the docks in the Boston harbor.
(d) Takes a look into the harbor as Aubrey is watching.

2. Upon whom does George Herapath dote?
(a) Wogan.
(b) His son.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Villiers.

3. Who is Maturin calling upon when he is assaulted?
(a) Villiers.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Wogan.
(d) Johnson.

4. Who is cleared in a court martial?
(a) Broke.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Liertenant Chad and the other surviving Java officers.
(d) Aubrey.

5. What ship does Herapath intend to use to help Aubrey?
(a) The Arcturus.
(b) The Caroline.
(c) The Booby Lou.
(d) The Java.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does Johnson spend vast sums of money?

2. What happens to Villiers?

3. What does Aubrey show Maturin later in the day after the attempted abduction?

4. Where does Maturin drag the corpse(s)?

5. What does Aubrey ask of George Herapath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maturin find in Johnson's papers and what is the implication?

2. Why would Maturin and Johnson have a discussion about birds and how does this discussion enhance the playful tone of the novel?

3. How does Villiers seem to Maturin and what actions has she taken that were unwise?

4. What is one thing that is perhaps likable about George Herapath?

5. How does Maturin figure out that he has been identified as the intelligence officer and what is the implication?

6. About what does Maturin caution Villiers and why do you think he does so?

7. Who is Harry Johnson and what is his connection to Wogan?

8. What happens to Maturin in Chapter 7 that makes it obvious that he needs to come up with a viable escape plan very soon?

9. What romantic complications add to the complexity of the novel?

10. What does Wogan attempt to persuade Maturin to agree to and how do you think he may feel about it?

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