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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens after several days in the sun?
2. What is going to happen to the Leopard?
3. What game does Maturin believe cricket resembles?
4. Who is Pontet-Canet?
5. Who expresses admiration for Aubrey's exploits and tenacity?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think it means that the officers are paroled and why is this so?
2. What are a couple other playful tongue-in-cheek type discussions that firmly entrench the fun tone of the novel?
3. What tone for the novel is set and how is it set by the references to "Abraham"?
4. Who is Mrs. Wogan and how does she figure in the previous novel, which is mentioned in the initial chapters of this novel?
5. Why is Aubrey depressed at the news of the war?
6. What are a couple signs that things are not going well for the men in the boat?
7. Why do you think it would be a serious faux pas to not attend the Captain's table to which one is invited in order to manage one's specimens as Maturin almost does?
8. What surprises Aubrey once he is quartered at Asclepia?
9. Why do you think the HMS Leopard is being converted to a transport?
10. Do you think it would be difficult for the men to stay optimistic if after spotting a ship but they do not see you?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some discussion takes place throughout the novel about various Captains and their command style. Discuss the following:
1. Whose command style seems most effective? Why? Give examples.
2. Whose command style seems least effective? Why? Give examples.
3. Is mutiny ever justifiable? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Though this novel is probably more action driven rather than character driven, obviously there are several characters who make the novel what it is. Discuss one of the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Aubrey and Lambert.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Maturin and McLean.
3. Thoroughly analyze the character of Jack Aubrey, discussing both his strong and weak points and how both affect the outcome of the plot.
Essay Topic 3
When Aubrey arrives in Boston and leaves the USS Constitution, Evans presents a purse of money to Aubrey, which is a collection taken up among the men. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think the "enemy" gives Aubrey money, when likely they had not much themselves?
2. What do you think prompts generosity to strangers?
3. Do you think more people are generous to homeless persons collecting money on street corners or to more structured charities? Defend your answer.
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