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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. When they meet, what does Diana tell Maturin about her relationship with Canning?
(a) They often fight.
(b) Canning makes her happy.
(c) Canning still loves his wife.
(d) Canning is running out of money.

2. While in Bombay, what does Maturin learn becomes of Sophie's sisters?
(a) They are both married.
(b) They both find jobs as governesses.
(c) One sister is pregnant and the other runs away.
(d) They move to Scotland.

3. What gift does the Seringapatam's captain make to Jack Aubrey?
(a) A bird of paradise.
(b) Some captured treasure.
(c) Pearls for Sophia.
(d) A finely detailed sword.

4. At the end of chapter six, where does the ship arrive at harbor?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Santiago, Chile.
(d) Barbados.

5. In the sixth chapter, a second violent storm does what kind of damage to the H.M.S. Surprise?
(a) Destruction of the foremost.
(b) All the rigging is lost.
(c) The ship is undamaged.
(d) Two sails are torn.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the voyage progresses around South America, does the health of Stanhope improve?

2. What diet addition helps the crew of the H.M.S. Surprise combat scurvy?

3. Why do Mr. White and Mr. Berkeley second guess their effort to come on the voyage of the H.M.S. Surprise?

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

5. What is Maturin's solution to his problems with Canning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stanhope's ill health finally affect Aubrey and his crew?

2. How are Aubrey and Maturin's lives complicated by women in chapter seven?

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

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

5. What is Maturin's reaction to Dil's death?

6. By the time the H.M.S. Surprise reaches Bombay, what is the condition of the ship and the crew and passengers?

7. Why is Stephen Maturin so visibly upset when he returns to the H.M.S. Surprise in chapter eight?

8. How are the officers of the H.M.S. Surprise treated by the China fleet?

9. Why does Maturin's desired outcome for Canning not come to pass?

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

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