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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 fleet does the H.M.S. Surprise engage in battle with?
(a) Group of British mutineers.
(b) French Armada.
(c) China fleet.
(d) Spanish fleet.

2. What ideas does Aubrey take from his time with the China fleet?
(a) Better food on the China's flagship,
(b) A new method of rigging.
(c) A new approach to discipline.
(d) Maneuvers to use on the French.

3. What two men occasionally play music on the ship during the voyage to India?
(a) Two of the crew,
(b) Stanhope and Atkins.
(c) Mr. White and Pullings.
(d) Aubrey and Maturin.

4. Who is fatally injured during the duel in chapter ten?
(a) Canning.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) M'Alister.
(d) Etherege.

5. Who becomes second lieutenant after Nicolls is gone?
(a) Mr. White.
(b) Pullings.
(c) Stanhope.
(d) Babbington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the swell aid Aubrey and the China fleet?

2. What gift does Maturin make to Dil?

3. How does Diana respond to Maturin's proposal of marriage?

4. Who dies from his wounds a few days after the H.M.S. Surprise is in a battle with the French?

5. Besides the squall that maroons Maturin, what other frustrating weather does the H.M.S. Surprise experience near Brazil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Mr. Ahmed Smyth and Atkins at odds with one another?

2. Why might Pullings be disappointed with the actions of Mr. Hervey's uncle while the H.M.S. Surprise is anchored at Bombay?

3. What details about Diana's life in chapter seven suggest her morality might be questionable?

4. Why is Babbinton's promotion only considered an acting appointment?

5. Is there any point in the long voyage when the people on board are in grave danger?

6. What is the Marine Captain Etherege's approach to Maturin's desire to get satisfaction from Canning?

7. What are Aubrey's thoughts on the physical distance between him and Linois with the French Armada?

8. Why does Commodore temper his excitement after the sea victory?

9. How do you describe Stanhope and his entourage from the stand point of the H.M.S. Surprise crew?

10. How does the East India Company reward Aubrey and the the East India Company?

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