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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Upon what vessel is Aubrey traveling to England?
(a) A small private merchant vessel.
(b) The HMS Northhampton.
(c) The HMS Fortune.
(d) The La Flèche.

3. What does Aubrey do on the voyage?
(a) Writes many lengthy letters home.
(b) Helps Maturin with his collection.
(c) Practises his sword skills.
(d) Takes turn doing watches on the bridge.

4. What port has the HMS Leopard reached in Chapter 1?
(a) Pulo Batang.
(b) Sydney.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Cape Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What separates all the life boats from each other?

3. About how many nautical miles does the ship cover daily?

4. What happens to Maturin?

5. What news depresses Aubrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the USS Constitution leads the Java on a long chase to sea?

2. Who is Mrs. Wogan and how does she figure in the previous novel, which is mentioned in the initial chapters of this novel?

3. What do you think is a possible cause of La Flèche catching fire and exploding?

4. What tone for the novel is set and how is it set by the references to "Abraham"?

5. Why is Aubrey depressed at the news of the war?

6. Why do you think the HMS Leopard is being converted to a transport?

7. What do you think it means that the officers are paroled and why is this so?

8. What do you think it means that Raikes' body was gnawed upon and do you think that is acceptable?

9. Why is it somewhat miraculous that the HMS Leopard pulls into Pulo Batang successfully?

10. Why do you think it would be a serious faux pas to not attend the Captain's table to which one is invited in order to manage one's specimens as Maturin almost does?

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