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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 Maturin have Aubrey's men take from the Port Mahon prison?
(a) Implements of torture.
(b) French official documents.
(c) Money and jewels.
(d) French weapons.

2. Whom do Aubrey and his men plan to free at Port Mahon?
(a) Only Maturin.
(b) Chinese prisoners.
(c) Sailors captured the night before.
(d) All prisoners held by the French.

3. How does Mrs. Williams react to Aubrey's situation in chapter four?
(a) She offers Aubrey financial help.
(b) She shuns Aubrey outside the House of Lords.
(c) She encourages Maturin to help Aubrey.
(d) She uses Aubry's misfortune to forbid Sophie's seeing him.

4. In chapter two, where is Maturin imprisoned?
(a) Port Mahon.
(b) Stockade near Paris.
(c) On a French ship.
(d) In London.

5. How does Maturin get to the gunboat after the escape from the Port Mahon prison?
(a) He swims across the harbor.
(b) He is strapped to a board and carried.
(c) He ride a horse left by Maragall.
(d) He walks the long way around the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What French information that Aubrey acquires aids in his sailing into Port Mahon?

2. Maturin pays to stay informed of the whereabouts of whom?

3. What gruesome occurrence follows the French attempt to retaliate on gunboats against Aubrey and H.M.S. Lively?

4. How does Maturin react to what Sir Joseph tells him at their meeting after the lecture?

5. What becomes of the biological specimens collected on the rocks?

Short Essay Questions

1. If the sea can represent peace to someone like Aubrey, how are the results of the terrible storm ironic?

2. What do Aubrey and his men intend to do when they gather at the prison where Maturin is being held?

3. Describe Dr. Stephen Maturin's relationship with Sophie Williams.

4. What does Maturin think of the possible consequences of the First Lord's mention of the doctor's name during a meeting?

5. What allusion does Maturin make while marooned on the rocks?

6. What is the condition of the prisoner Maturin when Aubrey's crew take him away from the prison?

7. How does Aubrey learn he is to break station and sail to Minorca?

8. During the meeting of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, why is Sir Joseph Blain worried about the First Lord's mention of Dr. Stephen Maturin?

9. How does Jack Aubrey come to command the H.M.S. Lively?

10. What negative influences have an impact on Jack Aubrey's career?

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