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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Wogan's employer?
(a) Diana Villiers.
(b) George Herapath.
(c) No one.
(d) Harry Johnson.

4. Where does George Herapath live during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Canada.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Florida.
(d) California.

5. What is one-sided?
(a) The regard Michael Herapath has for Wogan.
(b) The flow of information between Aubrey and England.
(c) The feelings between Maturin and Villiers.
(d) The conversation between Maturin and Johnson.

6. Upon whom does Maturin call?
(a) Herapath.
(b) The English consulate.
(c) Evans.
(d) The Naval Intelligence office.

7. How does Johnson respond to news of the assault on Maturin?
(a) He is nonplussed.
(b) He uses it to again threaten Maturin.
(c) He is outraged.
(d) He seems indifferent.

8. Of what is George Herapath proud?
(a) That he has several flourishing plantations in the South.
(b) That his horses have seldom lost a race.
(c) That he is working undercover for the United States government.
(d) That he was a loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.

9. Why does the group walk to the ship?
(a) Because it's foggy and no one will see them.
(b) Because they need the fresh air.
(c) Because the coach cannot hold them all.
(d) Because George Herapath has driven off with the coach.

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

11. With whom did Villiers abscond a few months earlier?
(a) George Herapath.
(b) Michael Herapath.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Johnson.

12. Who does Maturin go to see after speaking to Michael Herapath?
(a) Wogan.
(b) George Herapath.
(c) Evans.
(d) A friend in the State Department.

13. How is Herapath tying to make a living?
(a) Working for his father.
(b) Running guns.
(c) Horse breeding.
(d) Translating Chinese poetry.

14. What causes Maturin to flee through the streets of Boston to Villiers' hotel?
(a) He does not go to see Villiers.
(b) He is anxious to tell her he will marry her.
(c) He is afraid she is about to be killed.
(d) He is again beset with attackers.

15. What is full of double entendre between Johnson and Maturin?
(a) The conversation between Maturin and George Herapath.
(b) The conversation between Villiers and Maturin.
(c) The conversation between Aubrey and U.S. Naval Intelligence.
(d) Their initial conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wogan attempt to convince Maturin to do?

2. What field of study does Maturin recommend George Herapath encourage his son to pursue?

3. Against what does Maturin warn Villiers?

4. Who are his attackers?

5. Whose throat does Maturin slit with a scalpel?

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