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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. Where does Villiers go after Maturin collapses?
(a) For help.
(b) To the English embassy.
(c) To Aubrey.
(d) To Naval Intelligence.

2. Who is aged, dissipated by alcohol, and fairly crass of speech?
(a) George Herapath.
(b) Villiers.
(c) Alyers.
(d) Wogan.

3. For what does it seem Villiers looks to Maturin?
(a) Rescue.
(b) Status.
(c) Money.
(d) Marriage.

4. Why does Maturin speak to a priest?
(a) To ask after an old friend who is a Catholic priest in Boston.
(b) To confess killing a man.
(c) To confess that he commited treason.
(d) To talk about his upcoming marriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caroline?

2. Upon whom does George Herapath dote?

3. What does Aubrey watch in the dense fog?

4. What is Villiers to Maturin?

5. Against what does Maturin warn Villiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Herapath so happy to hear that Villiers is leaving the United States?

2. Why does Maturin hedge about being an agent even though he has no intention of accepting the position?

3. How does Michael Herapath earn a living and why is this odd?

4. About what does Maturin caution Villiers and why do you think he does so?

5. How does George Herapath's attitude towards Wogan seem ironic or hypocritical?

6. What do you think is interesting about the fact that Johnson spends large sums of money and time gathering intelligence for the United States and is it likely that someone would do that in this age?

7. What does Maturin find in Johnson's papers and what is the implication?

8. What is one thing that is perhaps likable about George Herapath?

9. Who is Harry Johnson and what is his connection to Wogan?

10. What is humorous about Aubrey's daily observations of the bay?

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