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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey ask of George Herapath?
(a) To shelter Villiers.
(b) To tell him who Dubreuil is.
(c) To speak to the Navy Intelligence on Aubrey's behave.
(d) Help and silence.

2. As what is Maturin finally identified?
(a) An excellent naturalist.
(b) A double agent.
(c) An intelligence officer.
(d) A state-of-the-art physician.

3. Why would Maturin even consider becoming a double agent?
(a) To escape from the United States.
(b) To end the War of 1812.
(c) To learn about the American network of spies.
(d) To earn more money.

4. What does Maturin do in Villiers' room?
(a) Hides in the armoire.
(b) Clean his wounds.
(c) Hides under her bed covers.
(d) Tears it apart looking for a pistol.

5. Whose throat does Maturin slit with a scalpel?
(a) Pontet-Canet.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Wogan.
(d) Villiers.

6. What field of study does Maturin recommend George Herapath encourage his son to pursue?
(a) Trade.
(b) The military.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

7. What do Aubrey and George Herapath find to discuss?
(a) Nautical matters.
(b) The classics.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) The French revolution.

8. Who does Maturin shoot dead?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Dubreuil.
(c) Villiers.
(d) No one.

9. How does Maturin know about his newfound status?
(a) He is contacted by Charles Darwin.
(b) He is contacted by Scotland Yard.
(c) He receives an award.
(d) Wogan behaves differently to him.

10. What does Aubrey show Maturin later in the day after the attempted abduction?
(a) A pair of new Joe Manton pistols.
(b) A note from Herapath saying he is working on Aubrey's request.
(c) A derringer.
(d) A sword.

11. How is Aubrey's arm?
(a) Completely recovered.
(b) Much better.
(c) It will never function properly again.
(d) Nearly unusable.

12. What does the HMS Shannon do?
(a) Attacks the docks in the Boston harbor.
(b) Blows up.
(c) Signals with lanterns to Aubrey.
(d) Takes a look into the harbor as Aubrey is watching.

13. Who is Maturin calling upon when he is assaulted?
(a) Villiers.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Wogan.

14. What do Aubrey and Herapath plan?
(a) How to waylay Johnson.
(b) How to get Villiers safely to England.
(c) How to kill Dubreuil.
(d) How to get Maturin out of the hotel.

15. How does Maturin know Wogan does not suspect him of any treachery from their last encounter?
(a) Wogan is warm and friendly to Maturin.
(b) Wogan tells him she knows who betrayed Maturin.
(c) He is not sure how Wogan feels.
(d) Wogan asks him for more documents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey think about in relation to Broke?

2. About what does the Navy department interview Aubrey?

3. With whom did Villiers abscond a few months earlier?

4. Who is Philip Broke?

5. What does Maturin want from Herapath?

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