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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informs Captain Aubrey that mutiny may be imminent aboard the Polychrest?
(a) Ship Master Goodridge.
(b) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(c) CrewmanTom Pullings.
(d) First Lieutenant Parker.

2. Who does Maturin believe to be suitable for Aubrey?
(a) Anne.
(b) Frances.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Diana.

3. Who serves as Captain Aubrey's navigator as the Polychrest heads into the French port?
(a) First Lieutenant Parker.
(b) Ship Master Goodridge.
(c) Doctor Stephen Maturin.
(d) Crewman Stephen Steer.

4. What fact about the Polychrest leads Captain Aubrey and two of his officers to re-design the ship's rigging?
(a) The Polychrest is shorthanded.
(b) The Polychrest is slow.
(c) The Polychrest is visible to the enemy.
(d) The Polychrest is unpredictable.

5. Where does Doctor Maturin unexpectedly spot Diana and her beau?
(a) Clergyman's.
(b) Symphony.
(c) Market.
(d) Church.

6. In retrospect, whose promotion does Post Captain Aubrey support while simultaneously slighting the crew of the Polychrest?.
(a) Pullings.
(b) Parker.
(c) Goodridge.
(d) Canning.

7. What trait do Mrs. Williams and Diana Villiers seem to look for in suitors?
(a) Compatibility.
(b) Wealth.
(c) True love.
(d) Honesty.

8. What type of subject matter do Maturin and MacDonald like to discuss?
(a) Writing.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion
(d) Poetry.

9. What type of object is the French corvette?
(a) An armory supply.
(b) A ship.
(c) A house.
(d) A carriage.

10. Who does Sophia label and caution Maturin about as being a difficult case?
(a) Diana.
(b) Cecelia.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Frances.

11. In Chapter 9, which of the ships listed below is involved in a fierce naval engagement with the Polychrest?
(a) S.S. Seagull.
(b) Bellone.
(c) L'Brigade du France.
(d) S.S. Colinot.

12. What type of flotilla was the H.M.S. Lively ordered to escort?
(a) Animal transport.
(b) Passenger transport ships.
(c) Troop transport ships.
(d) Supplies transport.

13. What does Post Captain Aubrey cause the crew aboard the H.M.S. Lively to exercise?
(a) Great guns drill.
(b) Firefighting evacuation drill.
(c) Sail hoisting drill.
(d) Man overboard drill.

14. Post Captain Aubrey does not have the ____________ to support the training of his crew for battle against the French.
(a) Order.
(b) Stamina.
(c) Funds.
(d) Desire.

15. What subject do Post Captain Aubrey and Doctor Maturin briefly discuss while on board the H.M.S. Lively?
(a) The H.M.S. Crew.
(b) Mrs. Williams.
(c) First Lieutenant Parker.
(d) Sophia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Aubrey the good news that he is being made Post Captain?

2. What does Doctor Maturin win from Smithers?

3. What is the name of the suitor whom Mrs. Williams has arranged for her daughter, Sophia?

4. What is Polychrest's condition as Captain Aubrey and his crew leave the French port and head toward the open sea?

5. Who is inspired to learn to swim after Aubrey's heroic rescue?

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