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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Who rescues Aubrey from making a serious faux pas?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The cabin boy.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) The ship's steward.

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

5. What separates all the life boats from each other?
(a) It is regulation to do so.
(b) Foul weather.
(c) Anger among the crew members.
(d) The incompetence of some of the crew.

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

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

8. How was the news disseminated?
(a) From Maturin's wife.
(b) From one of the sailors who deserted the Leopard.
(c) Via a letter from Diana Villiers.
(d) Through Admiral Nelson's aide.

9. Who rescues Aubrey's boat?
(a) HMS Acasita.
(b) A Brazilian fisher vessel.
(c) The US Constitution.
(d) HMS Java.

10. About how many nautical miles does the ship cover daily?
(a) 400.
(b) 150.
(c) 90.
(d) 200-250.

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

12. Why is the La Flèche abandoned?
(a) It is overrun by rats.
(b) It has been captured.
(c) It is on fire.
(d) A couple sailors have the plague.

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

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

15. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?
(a) Engage long-range canons until it is absolutely necessary to board.
(b) Close the enemy directly and take her by boarding.
(c) Try to disable the Constitution by canon fire and then run.
(d) Try to outflank them and get into open sea where the Java is faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times have the Americans encountered the British?

2. Who is the first man to die?

3. What are in the letters to Sophie?

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

5. Who expresses admiration for Aubrey's exploits and tenacity?

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