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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 Jack think is Herapath's problem?
(a) Being American.
(b) Ignorance of a sailor's life.
(c) Being French.
(d) Being in love with Wogan.

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

3. How does Wogan appear after the storm?
(a) Down heartened.
(b) Suicidal.
(c) Subdued but all right.
(d) In good spirits.

4. How does the crew feel about Wogan?
(a) Dislikes her for being a traitor.
(b) Desires her as a woman.
(c) Wants to hang her for being a spy.
(d) Wants to set her free in South America.

5. What does Maturin organize after the storm?
(a) His personal stores.
(b) His notes on Wogan.
(c) His notes on ship rats.
(d) His sickbay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin do after Wogan expresses an interest in Herapath?

2. How did the prisoners feel during the storm?

3. What does Wogan say as to why she is interested in Herapath?

4. Who has bored a peeping hole in Wogan's quarters' wall?

5. Why is Aubrey angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of storm does Aubrey hit when he first sails and what does he do about it?

2. Why has Villiers left her home?

3. What happens when the epidemic hits and who does Herapath replace?

4. Grant subtly but constantly criticizes Aubrey's handling of the ship--an irritating trait in any man but particularly when directed at such an obvious nautical genius as Aubrey. Why do you think Grant continues to criticize a captain who is obviously a superior seaman?

5. What does the ship enter farther north than usual and what happens when it is there?

6. The rescue of Herapath begins the novel's restrained, intricate, and playful treatment of the sexually-charged atmosphere of a man-of-war with hundreds of men and three women--one of them obviously pregnant and all of them dangerous criminals. What do you think is meant by this statement?

7. Why is Maturin called to the Admiralty?

8. Who comes to call on Maturin after he leaves the Admiralty and what does he say?

9. What does Maturin find out about Aubrey's next assignment on the sea?

10. Maturin begins to mention Herapath to Wogan as a unique case--she claims an interest because she had seen his fall. It seems simple enough to Maturin, and soon enough he discusses Herapath with Wogan freely. All along, the three maintain their innocence. What do you think it means when Maturin thinks Wogan's explanation is dimple enough?

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