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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 in love with Wogan.
(b) Being American.
(c) Ignorance of a sailor's life.
(d) Being French.

2. Who is Aubrey supposed to reinstate?
(a) John Bleeker.
(b) William Snowden.
(c) William Bligh.
(d) Captain Reevers.

3. In what part of the ship were the prisoners held?
(a) Cargo bay.
(b) Rear hold.
(c) The forepeak.
(d) Forecastle.

4. What does Maturin find at Villiers' apartments?
(a) Her cat needing food.
(b) A stack of bills to pay.
(c) The place had been ransacked.
(d) The place was empty.

5. From whom does Maturin receive a summons?
(a) His father.
(b) Naval intelligence.
(c) The Admiralty.
(d) The queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes accusations against Villiers?

2. Into what does the Leopard crash?

3. As what does Maturin diagnose the prisoners' illness?

4. Where does Aubrey head after the illness is over?

5. What is one purpose of Aubrey's trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Louisa Wogan and what happened to her?

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 Aubrey find when he inspects the prisoners' quarters and what happens when he sees Wogan?

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

5. With whom is Maturin enamored and how is that going for him?

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

7. How does Maturin manipulate Herapath?

8. 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?

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

10. Wogan's viewing of Aubrey's nude body is humorous and a fictional inversion of usual events. Why do you think the scene is an inversion of usual events?

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