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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aubrey's main personal problem?
(a) He is losing his memory.
(b) He is deep in debt.
(c) His wife is sick.
(d) He has a terminal disease.

2. What forces the Worcester to leave the blockade?
(a) A storm.
(b) A court ruling.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A battle.

3. What causes a crew member to be so disobedient to the order about the birds?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is insane.

4. What does Aubrey do before setting sail across the sea?
(a) Inventories all the provisions.
(b) Interviews the crew.
(c) Takes a long sleep.
(d) Inspects every room.

5. How does Aubrey know Babbington so well?
(a) They fought in the war together.
(b) He went to school with him.
(c) He was on trial with him once.
(d) He trained Babbington.

6. What keeps Maturin away from home for long periods of time?
(a) His scientific studies.
(b) His publishing tours.
(c) His job with the Navy.
(d) His bouts of sickness.

7. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Malice.
(b) Hair.
(c) Patience.
(d) Humor.

8. What is Maturin's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Banker.

9. What is Nathaniel Martin's job on the ship?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Shipmate.
(c) Parson.
(d) Surgeon.

10. What kind of patient is Maturin?
(a) Patient and kind.
(b) Loud and painful.
(c) Impatient and angry.
(d) Scared and nervous.

11. What hits Maturin on the head?
(a) A water barrel.
(b) A brick.
(c) A block of wood.
(d) A cannon.

12. How does Maturin's wife describe his habits?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Fastidious.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Strange.

13. What does Aubrey do at the first stop the Worcester makes?
(a) Gets a full crew.
(b) Drops off the first Parson.
(c) Fills up the cargo-hold.
(d) Gets the mission papers.

14. Why do birds land on the ship?
(a) They think the mast is a tree.
(b) They need a rest.
(c) They see water.
(d) They need food.

15. How does Thornton feel about ship visiting?
(a) He does not like it.
(b) He doesn't care.
(c) He says it depends on which ships do it.
(d) He encourages it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maturin protect Yeats?

2. What does Maturin say his wife does brilliantly?

3. What is Maturin's first name?

4. Why does Maturin live away from his wife when he is in town?

5. What is Babbington's title in the Navy?

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