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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. What does Aubrey spend a small fortune on for the ship?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) New guns.
(c) Water barrels.
(d) New uniforms.

2. What does the crew of the Jemmapes fear when Aubrey fires on them?
(a) A dead man is the captain.
(b) They have a new secret weapon.
(c) They are being attacked by pirates.
(d) They are breaking a treaty.

3. How does Aubrey describe his mission on the Worcester as part of his career?
(a) A punishment.
(b) A lesson in patience.
(c) A suicide mission.
(d) A parenthesis.

4. How does Aubrey feel when Maturin is called away?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Isolated.
(d) Angry.

5. Why does Aubrey spend a small fortune of his own money on something for the ship?
(a) So they look the part.
(b) So he can rest easy.
(c) So the crew can practice shooting.
(d) So he can sail according to Navy restrictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?

2. How do the crew feel during the blockade duty?

3. How does Maturin feel about Aubrey?

4. What is Mitchell's title in the Navy?

5. Where is Graham from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Maturin boards the Worcester?

2. Why do the crewmen of the Worcester not want to transport Parsons?

3. What is strange about the practice runs done at sea with the cannons?

4. How does Aubrey feel when Maturin is called to Spain, and why?

5. What two events in this chapter cheer up Aubrey?

6. What does blockade duty entail?

7. What do Maturin and Martin have in common, and what do they do together?

8. What about Martin does Maturin not like, and what does he do about this?

9. What is Maturin's job?

10. Why does Thornton choose to focus so much on the Ionian region?

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