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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who helps Captain Aubrey recruit sailors by drawing a poster promising rewards to those who sign up to crew the Polychrest?
(a) Haynesworth.
(b) Scrivens.
(c) McIntire.
(d) Blakesley.

3. What position is held by MacDonald aboard the Polychrest?
(a) Marine captain.
(b) Second lieutenant.
(c) Chief navigator.
(d) Head boatswain.

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

5. In Chapter 2, which character is described as vain, uneven, and prone to periods of meanness?
(a) Diana Villiers.
(b) Dr. Stehen Maturin.
(c) Captain Jack Aubrey.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

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

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

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

9. What unusual object does Maturin find in his holsters?
(a) A wedding band.
(b) A teratoma.
(c) A love note from Diana.
(d) A locket.

10. Who is Dr. Stephen Maturin is apparently attracted to throughout Post Captain?
(a) Diana Villiers.
(b) Frances Williams.
(c) Heidi Burkhart.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

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

12. Which character is intelligent, demure, and eminently proper?
(a) Mrs. Williams.
(b) Sophia Williams.
(c) Frances Williams.
(d) Diana Villiers.

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

14. Which character is dressed in a "resplendent" manner at the formal ball?
(a) Frances Williams.
(b) Cecelia WIlliams.
(c) Diana Villiers.
(d) Sophia Williams.

15. What language does Doctor Maturin use to write scientific observations in his diary?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aboard the Polychrest, Captain Aubrey curses a young lady whom he mistakes for a ______________.

2. What was the name of French Captain Christy-Palliere's ship that captured Captain Aubrey's first sea command?

3. During the series of social gatherings described in Chapter 2, who gains Captain Jack Aubrey's attention more openly and honestly?

4. Who sends a letter to Aubrey upon leaving England expressing her continued affection and good intentions despite her mother's interference?

5. Following the war, what becomes Captain Aubrey's employment status as he is cast ashore in England?

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