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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 the probable fate of many prisoners freed along with Maturin?
(a) They swim to a nearby island.
(b) They are recaptured and put to death.
(c) They join the crew of H.M.S. Lively.
(d) They die of torture injuries.

2. Where does H.M.S. Lively help run a frigate-picket blockade in chapter two?
(a) Near the coast of India.
(b) French port of Le Havre.
(c) French colonies in the New World.
(d) Off the coast of Toulon.

3. How does H.M.S. Lively get messages and mail while on blockade duty?
(a) The ship waits for a replacement vessel.
(b) The ship goes into port.
(c) Messenger cutter comes along side.
(d) There's no way to get mail.

4. Nicolls confesses what to Maturin on their journey?
(a) He wants to command his own ship.
(b) He talks about his early life as a thief.
(c) He has strange medical symptoms.
(d) He is engaged in adultery.

5. Is the onslaught of the Port Mahon prison carried out by Aubrey's men a success?
(a) They rescue prisoners but French guards escape.
(b) They abandon plans to take the prison.
(c) They are stalled by weather delay.
(d) They successfully take the prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What close friend do Sophie and Dr. Stephen Maturin have in common?

2. Who conducts the inspection of H.M.S. Surprise in chapter five?

3. What does Sir Joseph Blain discuss with Maturin after the lecture?

4. On the way to the reunion with H.M.S. Lively's regular captain, Aubrey is supposed to rendezvous with whom?

5. What do the officers and crew of H.M.S. Lively think of their temporary captain, Aubrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maturin react to the prospect of collecting biological specimens?

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

3. What are the features of port blockade for Aubrey's command ship?

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

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

6. What does Sophie Williams think of Maturin's approach to wooing Diana Villiers?

7. Why do Diana Villiers and Richard Canning leave England for India?

8. Describe the encounter between Aubrey's crew members and the French guard detail at the prison.

9. Why is the whereabouts of the French officer Dutourd a potential problem?

10. Why is Nicolls almost inconsolable?

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