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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin realize?
(a) That Aubrey is in grave danger.
(b) That Aubrey is still in danger of dying.
(c) That Wogan is in Boston.
(d) That Wogan believes the false papers to have originated with Aubrey

2. What does Aubrey strenuously argue to retain?
(a) His lieutenants and midshipmen.
(b) His field promotion to Admiral.
(c) His prize vessel.
(d) His personal valet.

3. Who is Yorke?
(a) The cook.
(b) The ship's steward.
(c) The Captain of the La Flèche.
(d) The second mate.

4. Why does Christmas of 1812 pass with some gloom?
(a) The sailors are not in the thick of the war.
(b) The war is not going well.
(c) The war is not over.
(d) Aubrey's men had expected to celebrate Christmas in England.

5. What helps the dehydration a little?
(a) Distilling a tiny bit of salt water.
(b) Eating raw fish.
(c) A heavy rain.
(d) Nothing.

6. What news depresses Aubrey?
(a) News of the war.
(b) News about his assignment being given to another Captain.
(c) No news is what depresses Aubrey.
(d) News about his wife's death.

7. What is in the Java's favor?
(a) The Java has two extra sails.
(b) The Java has larger guns.
(c) The Java holds many, many more men than Constitution.
(d) Aubrey is on board the Java.

8. What does Maturin do after Java strikes her colors?
(a) Asks permission to retain his specimen collection.
(b) Operates on Aubrey's head.
(c) Tends to the wounded.
(d) Runs down to his quarters to save his laudenum.

9. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 24.

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

11. How experienced is Maturin in cricket?
(a) He has no experience.
(b) He is not very skilled but likes playing the game.
(c) He led his team at Oxford to victory.
(d) He plays whenever he is in a port.

12. Who is Wallis?
(a) Maturin's brother-in-law.
(b) Aubrey's first mate.
(c) The local intelligence officer.
(d) The Captain of the La Flèche.

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

14. What is going to happen to the Leopard?
(a) It is being refitted with larger canons.
(b) It is being converted to a transport.
(c) It is being sold to a private merchant.
(d) It is being scuttled.

15. What seems a possibility to the men after a few days?
(a) They will start encountering other vessels as they have entered a shipping lane.
(b) They will sight land soon.
(c) They are on the wrong course.
(d) Starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maturin almost make a serious faux pas?

2. How does Maturin arouse humor among the cricket players and audience?

3. Who rescues Aubrey's boat?

4. Where does the Constitution land?

5. What vessel will Aubrey be captaining once he arrives in England?

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