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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Philip's Island?
(a) A haven for the French.
(b) A slave trade haven.
(c) An uninhabited, mostly bare piece of land.
(d) An uninhabited refuge for birds.

2. What does Maturin sense about Aubrey?
(a) That Aubrey is mulling over something.
(b) That Aubrey is angry about something.
(c) That his dark mood has returned.
(d) That he is hiding something.

3. What does Aubrey think about the fighting condition of the fleet?
(a) It worse than deplorable.
(b) It is acceptable.
(c) It is excellent.
(d) It is poor.

4. Why doesn't Stephen write down information about his trip as he usually does?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) He has several sick sailors to tend to.
(c) He forgot to lay in more paper on board.
(d) Aubrey needs to discuss strategy with him.

5. How does Jack learn of the Irish invasion?
(a) When he captures a French spy on board one of the vessels.
(b) When he captures a French frigate.
(c) From Maturin.
(d) When he opens his orders.

6. What is notable about the port of Whydah?
(a) It is run by an expatriot American.
(b) It is very strictly regulated against slavery.
(c) It is the end of the expedition's southern journey.
(d) It is predominently Dutch.

7. What does Stephen wonder about his use of cocoa leaves?
(a) It may have attenuated his disease.
(b) It may be an addiction.
(c) It may have something in it that makes him more prone to mosquitoes biting.
(d) It may have weakened his immune system.

8. Where does Aubrey's fleet corner the French squadron?
(a) Up against the dangerous shoals.
(b) Near a beachhead.
(c) On the open seas.
(d) A rocky bay.

9. What has been happening since Maturin took ill?
(a) The fleet has returned to England.
(b) The fleet is still in Freetown.
(c) The fleet has captured quite a few slave vessels.
(d) The fleet has headed for the coast of Ireland.

10. What does Maturin tell Smith?
(a) To go get Captain Aubrey.
(b) Maturin needs some quinine from onshore.
(c) To ask the tribal shaman to come on board.
(d) How to treat Maturin if Maturin is sick.

11. What does Stephen ask of Mr. Houmouzios?
(a) To get Stephen some cocoa leaves.
(b) To contact Sir Blaine.
(c) To get him an interview with the local tribal chiefs.
(d) To get him some laudanum.

12. Why is Aubrey uncertain about Maturin's response to the fleet's orders?
(a) Maturin wants to return to Spain instead of going to Ireland.
(b) Maturin does not want to get so far away from his daughter.
(c) Maturin thinks the French would be better rulers than the British in Ireland.
(d) Maturin believes Ireland should be free of British rule.

13. What does Sophie suspect incorrectly about Clarissa?
(a) That she is having an affair with Padeen.
(b) That she had an affair with Jack.
(c) That she wasn't really married to her supposed husband.
(d) That she is pregnant with Padeen's child.

14. What does Maturin give Mr. Gray?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Castor oil.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Laudanum.

15. What does the Ringle find when it arrives at The Berlings?
(a) Aubrey is putting the fleet through its paces.
(b) Sir Blaine has gone missing.
(c) Aubery had to go to Sophie, who is having a difficult birthing.
(d) Sir Blaine has been calling on Aubrey to find Maturin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Whewell?

2. What is the ship that Ringle spots doing?

3. What does Sophie do in a rage when she and Jack fight?

4. What does Maturin do that disappoints the crews?

5. What does Aubrey confer upon Whewell?

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