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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. Against what does Maturin warn Villiers?
(a) Not to say anything about the marriage proposal to Johnson.
(b) Drinking too much.
(c) Saying too much.
(d) Staying in her room where Johnson can find her.

2. What does Maturin find among Johnson's papers?
(a) Signs that Johnson is a double agent.
(b) A note from the President of the United States.
(c) A check to Villiers for 10,000 dollars.
(d) Maturin's marriage proposal.

3. Where does George Herapath live during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Cuba.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Canada.

4. Who calls on Maturin at Asclepia?
(a) Evans.
(b) Herapath.
(c) Lambert.
(d) Wogan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a private citizen with connections to American intelligence?

2. How does Johnson respond to news of the assault on Maturin?

3. What is one-sided?

4. Who is aged, dissipated by alcohol, and fairly crass of speech?

5. What causes Maturin to flee through the streets of Boston to Villiers' hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wogan attempt to persuade Maturin to agree to and how do you think he may feel about it?

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

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

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

6. How does Maturin figure out that he has been identified as the intelligence officer and what is the implication?

7. What happens to Maturin in Chapter 7 that makes it obvious that he needs to come up with a viable escape plan very soon?

8. What does Maturin do that seems contrary to his work as a doctor?

9. 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?

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

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