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

2. Why has Villiers left her apartment?
(a) She was picked up for pickpocketing.
(b) She is going to be arrested.
(c) She has been convicted of burglary.
(d) She hasn't paid her debts.

3. Who did the prisoners murder during the storm?
(a) The warden and his assistant.
(b) Two of the guards.
(c) The first mate.
(d) Louisa Wogan.

4. Who comes to see Maturin after he returns home?
(a) Sir Peter Waite.
(b) Admiral Mapleby.
(c) Lady Jessup.
(d) Sir Joseph Blaine.

5. In which direction does Aubrey head after the storm?
(a) Southwest.
(b) East.
(c) Southeast.
(d) West.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Villiers leave Maturin?

2. What does Aubrey do Saturday evening?

3. Who does Aubrey visit after inspecting the prisoners' quarters?

4. How many people have died from the illness?

5. What does Jack think is Herapath's problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Pullings find after the storm?

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

5. What does Maturin find at Villiers' apartments?

6. What is Sophie doing about Aubrey's excesses?

7. Who visits Aubrey often and what does he find Aubrey involved in with his initial visit in this book?

8. What does Maturin decide he must do over the Villiers affair and what does he do?

9. Why has Villiers left her home?

10. Where do Maturin and Aubrey go so Aubrey can play cards and how did it go there for Aubrey?

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