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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What vessel will Aubrey be captaining once he arrives in England?
(a) The Leopard after its refitting.
(b) The Acasta.
(c) The Northhampton.
(d) The York.

5. What happens after several days in the sun?
(a) The men start hallucinating.
(b) The men are badly burned.
(c) The men start jumping into the water to cool off.
(d) Dehydration starts.

6. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?
(a) They will sail back to England and be assigned to other ships.
(b) They will be disbursed among the Admiral's other ships.
(c) The Admiral has not yet decided.
(d) They will stay with the Leopard.

7. Where does the Constitution land?
(a) New York.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Boston.
(d) Norfolk.

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

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

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

11. What good news does the Captain offer Aubrey?
(a) That Aubrey is being considered as a fleet commander.
(b) That his wife knows he is alive.
(c) That his wife has had a son.
(d) That the Acasta has been entirely re-fitted.

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

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

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

15. How are Aubrey's men received?
(a) With open arms and lots of food and water.
(b) With hostility.
(c) Suspiciously.
(d) With kindness but they are also rationing food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an accurate description of Wallis?

2. How does Maturin find the Captain of the La Flèche?

3. What does the vessel turn out to be?

4. What does Aubrey do on the voyage?

5. What famous joke of Aubrey's does Aubrey perpetuate on Maturin?

(see the answer keys)

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