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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the waiter bring to Jack after he tries to convince Stephen to come with him on the voyage?
(a) Another promotion for Jack
(b) Packet of orders from Captain Harte
(c) Dessert
(d) Applications for sailors

2. What is a polacre?
(a) Plague ship
(b) Quarantined ship
(c) Gentleman's magazine
(d) 3-masted Mediterranean ship

3. From which country were the people who attacked the Dart?
(a) Ireland
(b) Britian
(c) Spain
(d) France

4. Who does Stephen wish could be friends?
(a) Jack and Dillon
(b) Stephen and Dillon
(c) Cheslin and Jack
(d) Jack and Stephen

5. What did Maturin accuse Jack of doing incorrectly during the concert?
(a) Elbowing his neighbors inappropriately
(b) Making too much noise
(c) Tapping out the beat
(d) Singing the wrong lyrics

6. What type of ceremony was held once the Sophie went back to sea?
(a) One to promote Jack
(b) One to administer punishment
(c) One to demote a sailor
(d) One to promote Stephen

7. What does practicing beat to quarters simulate?
(a) Daily routines aboard the ship
(b) New sailing techniques
(c) An emergency
(d) A war

8. What is a remora?
(a) Fish
(b) Sailor
(c) Turtle
(d) Gun

9. What is the elm-tree pump used for?
(a) Lavatories and wash water
(b) Shooting water at the enemy
(c) Washing the deck
(d) Providing fresh water

10. Who do Stephen and Jack visit at the dockyard after the snake incident?
(a) Harte
(b) Cheslin
(c) Florey
(d) Brown

11. What nationality is the ship that the Sophie chases and eventually catches?
(a) Italian
(b) Danish
(c) Spanish
(d) French

12. What happened to the Charlotte?
(a) Sank
(b) Froze
(c) Burned
(d) Exploded

13. What kind of ship does the Sophie come across after the storm?
(a) Pirate
(b) Hospital
(c) French
(d) Plague

14. How many bells went off which subsequently woke up Stephen?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 4

15. Who did Jack send to tell Stephen he would not make it back to port in time for dinner?
(a) King
(b) Mowett
(c) Dillion
(d) Brown

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a few guineas?

2. Which of the following is Dillon's political view?

3. What does Stephen warn of as a deadly danger from a lack of ventilation?

4. For what does Stephen use the extra room that Jack offers him?

5. Which of the following characters is the ship's surgeon?

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