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

2. Who continues to recruit Maturin?
(a) Oxford University Naturalist Department.
(b) Michael Herapath.
(c) Johnson.
(d) George Herapath.

3. Upon what does Johnson spend vast sums of money?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Women.
(c) Obtaining intelligence.
(d) Horses.

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

5. What does Aubrey watch daily?
(a) The torture of his crew.
(b) The meetings between Villiers and Naval Intelligence.
(c) The forays of the HMS Shannon.
(d) The changing of the prison guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is likely to happen with the escape of Aubrey and Maturin?

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

3. What is one-sided?

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

5. What does Maturin find among Johnson's papers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Villiers seem to Maturin and what actions has she taken that were unwise?

7. 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?

8. Of what is George Herapath proud and what may be a little despicable about his attitude?

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

10. What is Mr. Herapath's task in the scheme to effect an escape for Villiers, Aubrey and Maturin and how does he fail at it? What does this say about Mr. Herapath?

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