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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Dundas and Aubrey once flogged?
(a) For being late to return from shore leave.
(b) For dueling.
(c) For oversleeping after getting drunk.
(d) Only Dundas was flogged.

2. Who is Lalla?
(a) Maturin's mare.
(b) Maturin's cook.
(c) Aubrey's cook.
(d) A young girl who is watching Brigid.

3. What does Maturin do when he talks to Mrs. Williams?
(a) Asks her very kindly to leave Clarissa alone.
(b) Nothing more than asks her consideration of his daughter.
(c) Tells her she is not immune to being arrested if she persists.
(d) Threatens her.

4. What does Maturin give the person he first visits?
(a) A dried beetle specimen.
(b) His will.
(c) A new set of violin strings.
(d) A ring.

5. Who does Maturin first visit upon arrival in London?
(a) Sir Blaine.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) His brother Mathos.
(d) Dianne.

6. What does Maturin hear Padeen Coleman doing with Brigid?
(a) Playing hide and seek.
(b) Teaching her numbers.
(c) Playing peekaboo.
(d) Teaching her Irish.

7. Who is Bob Morley?
(a) Maturin's longtime nemesis.
(b) An old friend of both Aubrey and Maturin.
(c) A retired Rear Admiral.
(d) Aubrey's longtime nemesis.

8. How long has it been since Maturin has seen Brigid?
(a) He has never seen her.
(b) A couple years.
(c) He just saw her about two weeks earlier.
(d) A few months.

9. What does a messenger say about Pyramus the next morning?
(a) That its name is being changed.
(b) That it has to go into dry dock.
(c) That it is to be cut from the squadron.
(d) That it sank over night.

10. What is Maturin's response to Blaine's subtle hint?
(a) He is not willing to kill Habachtsthal.
(b) That Blaine knows that Maturin is no traitor.
(c) That he has already moved his daughter to safety.
(d) He isn't interested in any promotion that would pull him off sea duty.

11. What does Aubrey point out through his telescope?
(a) A new star Aubrey has just found.
(b) A new star that Aubrey just found.
(c) Several of the ships of his new squadron.
(d) The young age of the sailors on many of his ships.

12. At what game did Dundas once beat Aubrey?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Cards.

13. About what does Clarissa worry concerning Mrs. Williams' visit?
(a) That Clarissa made an enemy of Mrs. Williams.
(b) That Clarissa should not have told Maturin about it.
(c) That Clarissa said too much.
(d) That Mrs. Williams would sell information for the right amount of money.

14. What is one of the fastest ships in Jack's squadron?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Ringle.
(c) Ballona.
(d) Dreyton.

15. Why does Captain Thomas refuse to speak to Maturin soon after the dinner starts?
(a) Thomas learns Maturin is Irish.
(b) Maturin picks up the wrong spoon at some point.
(c) Thomas learns Maturin is not a captain.
(d) Thomas learns that Maturin is Aubrey's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aubrey respond to Dundas' request?

2. Why are general quarters sounded when Aubrey and Dundas are still talking?

3. What does Pullings say to Maturin about Captain Thomas and gun practice?

4. Who is Aubrey late to meet?

5. What does Maturin give Sir Blaine?

(see the answer keys)

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