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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Captain Aubrey's old friend who is captain of The Franchise?
(a) Heneage Dundas.
(b) Lawrence Tate.
(c) Theodore Martin.
(d) Keith Pridemore.

2. How can Diana's family be labeled on a socio-economic basis?
(a) Rich and powerful.
(b) Sharecroppers.
(c) Poor and penniless.
(d) Blue-collar workers.

3. Whose home is the setting for a party attended by Captain Aubrey, Mrs. Williams, and her daughter, Cecilia ?
(a) Lady Keith.
(b) Lady Carlson.
(c) Admiral Harte.
(d) Captain Goodridge.

4. Who announces a forthcoming formal ball in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Stephen Maturin.
(b) Cecelia Williams.
(c) Mrs. Williams.
(d) Captain Jack Aubrey.

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

6. 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) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(b) Diana Villiers.
(c) Superior officers.
(d) Highwaymen.

7. What language does Maturin use to enter his personal observations in his diary?
(a) French.
(b) Catalan.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Spanish.

8. Following the war, what becomes Captain Aubrey's employment status as he is cast ashore in England?
(a) Post captain.
(b) Unemployed.
(c) Admiral.
(d) His job status does not change.

9. What type of route does French Captain Christy-Palliere suggest that Aubrey and Maturin take to Spain?
(a) Through French countryside.
(b) Through Paris and Nice.
(c) A direct route.
(d) A route extending through French ports.

10. What was the name of French Captain Christy-Palliere's ship that captured Captain Aubrey's first sea command?
(a) Sorbonne.
(b) Placer du Mar.
(c) Ritzonne.
(d) Desaix.

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

12. Who intervenes when Captain Aubrey intends to turn Adam Scriven in to the law?
(a) First Lieutenant Parker.
(b) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(c) Midshipman Babbington.
(d) Ship Master Goodridge,

13. What country is close to Toulon, France?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Spain

14. Aboard the Polychrest, Captain Aubrey curses a young lady whom he mistakes for a ______________.
(a) Scavenger.
(b) Ship's boy.
(c) Waif.
(d) Stowaway.

15. Who sends a letter to Aubrey upon leaving England expressing her continued affection and good intentions despite her mother's interference?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Cecelia Williams.
(c) Sophia Williams.
(d) Diana Villiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what country does Diana Villiers leave in order to return to England?

2. Who is Aubrey beginning a casual dalliance with at the same time that he is courting Sophia?

3. How long is Captain Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin's trek across France?

4. What language does Doctor Maturin use to write scientific observations in his diary?

5. Aside from being a surgeon, what type of work does Stephen Maturin also handle?

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