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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 diet addition helps the crew of the H.M.S. Surprise combat scurvy?
(a) Calcium in cheese.
(b) Fresh vegetables and citrus fruit.
(c) More protein.
(d) More salt.

2. Who is appointed as acting third lieutenant after Maturin returns without Nicolls?
(a) No one.
(b) Bonden.
(c) Blain.
(d) Babbington.

3. Whose navigation abilities does Jack Aubrey doubt in chapter eight?
(a) His own.
(b) Sourton's.
(c) Atkins'.
(d) Harrowby's.

4. Who surprises Maturin and Diana with an early arrival?
(a) Bonden.
(b) Stanhope.
(c) Dil.
(d) Canning.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What benefit does Mr. Hervey's uncle arrange for Aubrey in Bombay?

3. Who acts as Maturin's second?

4. What new symptoms does Stanhope display after leaving Bombay?

5. How prosperous is the China fleet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Maturin's recovery of health surprising in chapter six?

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

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

5. How do Aubrey and Stourton differ in their approaches to leadership on the ship?

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

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

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

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

10. What ruse is used to fool the French armada about the strength of the China fleet?

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