The Hundred Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maturin's wife describe his habits?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Fastidious.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Strange.

2. What does Maturin say his wife does brilliantly?
(a) Throw dinner parties.
(b) Have patience with him.
(c) Read his writing out loud.
(d) Dress herself.

3. How does Aubrey describe his mission on the Worcester as part of his career?
(a) A parenthesis.
(b) A suicide mission.
(c) A punishment.
(d) A lesson in patience.

4. What does Maturin do for the Navy?
(a) He is a cartographer.
(b) He is a secret agent.
(c) All of these.
(d) He is a sailor.

5. Why does Aubrey not want to sail on the Worcester?
(a) He knows it will get into danger.
(b) He thinks it is beneath him.
(c) He wants to stay home.
(d) He has been on it before.

6. How does Aubrey feel about Dundas?
(a) He likes him.
(b) He doesn't have strong feelings either way?
(c) He distrusts him.
(d) He hates him.

7. What does Yeats say will ruin him?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Salt water.
(c) Impressments.
(d) Tobacco spit.

8. Why does Rowan come aboard the ship?
(a) To help with the birds.
(b) As a punishment.
(c) As a trade for Somers.
(d) To get proper training.

9. What is Aubrey's first name?
(a) Jim.
(b) Jake.
(c) John.
(d) Jack.

10. What is Latham's ship called?
(a) Astonished.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Expert.
(d) Exile.

11. Where is the Jemmapes from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

12. What does Mowett scold Maturin for on the ship?
(a) Being late.
(b) Not having luggage.
(c) Making the Captain mad.
(d) Not having his official papers.

13. What causes the fear of the Jemmapes after they are fired on?
(a) The eery silence.
(b) The colored sparks.
(c) The loud boom.
(d) The flag being flown.

14. What does Aubrey spend a small fortune on for the ship?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) New uniforms.
(c) Water barrels.
(d) New guns.

15. What about Graham is said to be nearly perfect?
(a) His linguistic skills.
(b) His judgement.
(c) His strategy.
(d) His memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What composer do Aubrey and Maturin discuss?

2. What do Aubrey and Dundas talk about when they hold a ship visit?

3. What is the name of Dundas's ship?

4. Who is England at conflict with in this book?

5. Why does Maturin take pity on Yeats?

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