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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that is instrumental in pulling the Polychrest out of a sandbank after it runs aground?

2. What body part does Macdonald lose during the naval engagement ?

3. Who is Captain Aubrey constantly evading?

4. Doctor Maturin advises Sophia to be more __________ with Captain Aubrey.

5. What dots the scenery along the French coast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Polychrest's ultimate fate?

2. How do Aubrey and Maturin differ on their opinions about the usefulness and feasibility of having bees on board the H.M.S. Lively?

3. How does Captain Aubrey inspire Doctor Maturin to want to learn to swim?

4. What makes it difficult for the Polychrest to enter the French port where the target ship is located?

5. How does Doctor Maturin continue to agonize over Diana?

6. How does Captain Aubrey demonstrate being a true friend to Dr. Maturin despite any differences that he and Doctor Maturin may have had in the past?

7. What is the reason that Diana leaves Mapes Court?

8. What is the outcome of the prolonged engagement between the Bellone and the Polychrest?

9. How do Smithers and Maturin even the score with one another?

10. How is Captain Aubrey able to abort a nascent mutiny aboard the Polychrest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aboard the Polychrest, the ship master, Goodridge, can be labeled as gregarious and likable, while First Lieutenant Parker can be deemed tyrannical and unapproachable. Compare and contrast both officers. Explain which one can be a better leader and why.

Essay Topic 2

The scuffle between Aubrey and a Adam Scriven exhibits the literary technique of irony. Detail how the roles that each man plays in generating events that catapult irony to the forefront.

Essay Topic 3

Diana Villiers is wooed by Aubrey and Maturin throughout Post Captain, but she is able to remain eludes both throughout the book. Describe how she is able to maintain her unwedded status, and state why either or neither man is likely to capture Diana's heart.

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