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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Leopard make quite a stir when entering the port?
(a) She is listing badly to starboard.
(b) She is flying Dutch colors.
(c) She was thought to be long lost at sea.
(d) She is the first English colors seen there in years.

2. How does Maturin almost make a serious faux pas?
(a) By asking to examine the eye socket of a one-eyed sailor.
(b) By forgetting the Captain's name.
(c) By telling the first mate what Maturin thinks of the mate's mother.
(d) By almost missing the Captain's table.

3. How might the voyage back to England be described?
(a) Monotonous.
(b) Fraught with danger.
(c) Stimulating.
(d) Rough seas.

4. Who do Maturin and Aubrey take on in Cricket?
(a) The team from the La Flèche.
(b) The Admiral's prime team.
(c) Some local sailors.
(d) Other members of the crew from the Leopard.

5. What is an accurate description of Wallis?
(a) A well-meaning, but incompetent person.
(b) A drunk and ne'r do well.
(c) Well-informed and insightful.
(d) Slothful.

6. Where is Aubrey's boat headed?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Central America.
(c) Antigua.
(d) Peru.

7. What is mainly responsible for the Leopard arriving at the port safely?
(a) The fair weather.
(b) The superb seamanship of Captain Aubrey.
(c) The skill of Maturin.
(d) The Leopard's excellent design.

8. What does the vessel turn out to be?
(a) The USS Constitution.
(b) A pirate vessel.
(c) A US merchant vessel.
(d) A Dutch freighter.

9. What civilian is on board the ship?
(a) A diplomat and his retinue.
(b) None.
(c) The wife of the Captain.
(d) The wife of the Brazilian diplomat.

10. Who is the first man to die?
(a) Bonden.
(b) Raikes.
(c) Killick.
(d) Babbington.

11. How does Maturin arouse humor among the cricket players and audience?
(a) He trips on the way around the field.
(b) He hits the wicket in the wrong direction.
(c) He smashes the wicket to pieces.
(d) He faces the wrong way.

12. What happens to Maturin?
(a) He reveals that he has some dried jerky.
(b) He dies.
(c) He begins to have prolonged cramping.
(d) He becomes unconscious.

13. Where does the Constitution lead Java?
(a) In circles.
(b) In to an American port.
(c) Towards Brazil.
(d) Out to sea.

14. At what does Java fail?
(a) Outflank the Constitution.
(b) Get out into open sea.
(c) Use her men for small arms fire.
(d) Close to boarding distance.

15. Of what are some American agents accusing Aubrey?
(a) Sedition.
(b) Executing an American soldier on the Leopard.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Aubrey and the Leopard crew volunteer to do?

2. What are in the letters to Sophie?

3. What port has the HMS Leopard reached in Chapter 1?

4. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?

5. Who is Pontet-Canet?

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