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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 Aubrey respond to the Navy's questions?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Incredulous.
(c) He is angry and shaken.
(d) Cooperative.

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

3. 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 was a loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
(d) That he is working undercover for the United States government.

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

5. What does Villiers reveal when she returns to her room?
(a) That Aubrey has been murdered.
(b) That there are soldiers on every street corner.
(c) That Johnson is dead.
(d) That she is unable to find help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Herapath glad that Villiers is leaving?

2. Who is Maturin calling upon when he is assaulted?

3. Who intervenes in Maturin's almost abduction?

4. How does George Herapath feel about Wogan?

5. Upon whom does George Herapath dote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What romantic complications add to the complexity of the novel?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Maturin explain his engagement to Villiers to Aubrey and what does this engagement say about Maturin's character?

7. Who ambushes Maturin and what is humorous about his actions?

8. Why do you think Aubrey feels it is justified to violate his "parole," which he gives as an officer and gentleman?

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

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

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