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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relation is Mrs. Williams to Diana?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Sister.

2. What item does Diana ask Maturin to sell in order to buy cloth and threads to make herself a suitable dress for the formal ball?
(a) A jewel.
(b) Coin collection.
(c) Original painting.
(d) Gold watch.

3. Who does Captain Aubrey turn down an offer of a sea command from?
(a) Maturin
(b) Pullings.
(c) Canning.
(d) Babbington

4. What country are Aubrey and Maturin headed to via the Indiaman that they board in Gibraltar?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. What other ship's traits are also featured on the Polychrest?
(a) H.M.S. Walden.
(b) S.S. Triumph.
(c) H.M.S. Dart.
(d) S.S. Barrett.

6. What historical ship could the Polychrest's design be partially based on?
(a) The H.M.S. Lexington.
(b) The H.M.S. Project.
(c) The H.M.S. Bledsoe.
(d) The H.M.S. Cavalcade.

7. Richard Canning is a merchant from ______________.
(a) Bristol.
(b) Venice.
(c) Wales.
(d) Liverpool.

8. Why does Captain Aubrey want the Indiaman Lord Nelson captured by the British?
(a) So that he can return to England aboard it.
(b) So that he can practice navigating between England and France.
(c) So that he can be promoted to higher posts.
(d) To escape from the probability that Bonaparte's soldiers may find them and arrest them.

9. What type of career path has Adam Scrivens failed to attain?
(a) Banking.
(b) Farming.
(c) Blacksmithing.
(d) Writing

10. While ashore, what type of pay do naval officers like Aubrey receive?
(a) Time and a half pay.
(b) No pay.
(c) Half-pay.
(d) Full pay.

11. As Chapter 1 opens, Captain Jack Aubrey holds what naval position?
(a) Post captain.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Master and commander.
(d) First lieutenant.

12. The fact that ships are being moored because of the peace, along with Captain Aubrey's clash with ______________, means that no command is to be had.
(a) Superior officers.
(b) Highwaymen.
(c) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(d) Diana Villiers.

13. What century serves as the setting for Post Captain?
(a) 20th century.
(b) 19th century.
(c) 21st century.
(d) 1920.

14. What does Captain Aubrey consider buying, but is not quite sure of its tone?
(a) Violin.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Cello.
(d) Tuba.

15. What relation is Mrs. Williams to Cecelia?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Great Aunt.
(d) Aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Williams learn about Captain Aubrey?

2. What was the name of Captain Aubrey's first sea command?

3. Who does Aubrey yell profane orders to believing to be the ship's boy?

4. Who is the captainof the Indiaman that Aubrey and Maturin board in Gibraltar?

5. What is the name of the heavy but slow brig that chases the Lord Nelson?

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