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

2. How does what the Leopard men do help the Java?
(a) They can concentrate on long-distance warfare.
(b) It relieves some marines for small-arms work in the fighting tops.
(c) They free up Java's men to board the Constitution.
(d) They are not just dead weight.

3. Why does Maturin leave the cricket match?
(a) He is called away to assist in preparation of some documents.
(b) He has to treat a crewmember who is cut up in a fight.
(c) He is feeling the need for some laudenum.
(d) He is feeling ill.

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

5. What news depresses Aubrey?
(a) No news is what depresses Aubrey.
(b) News about his assignment being given to another Captain.
(c) News of the war.
(d) News about his wife's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Aubrey from making a serious faux pas?

2. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?

3. Who is Yorke?

4. How long is the life boat in which Aubrey and his men float?

5. What happens after several days in the sun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Aubrey once he is quartered at Asclepia?

2. Do you think it would be difficult for the men to stay optimistic if after spotting a ship but they do not see you?

3. Do you think it is helpful for the author to present some background information from other books in the series, particularly the one just preceding this one?

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

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

6. Why do you think the sailors on board La Flèche do not take the war with the United States very seriously?

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

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

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

10. What does Maturin learn that explains the Navy's treatment of Aubrey?

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