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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. Why does Harte give Aubrey the mission of meeting with the potentates?
(a) He knows Aubrey will succeed.
(b) He needs an opening in the blockade.
(c) He wants Aubrey out of the way.
(d) He hates Aubrey.

2. What causes the Ionaion Region's political climate to dissolve at the end of the book?
(a) Aubrey's choice of Sciahan.
(b) The bad weather.
(c) The negotiations with the French.
(d) Harte's treachery.

3. Where do the French escape into after the conflict at the blockade?
(a) A port.
(b) Toulon.
(c) A coral reef.
(d) A Harbor.

4. How many ships does Aubrey defeat at the end of the book?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What surprises Aubrey when he sees the Drayad after the battle?
(a) There are dead bodies on the deck.
(b) There are women on board.
(c) A French flag is flying.
(d) There is a hole in the hull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What delays the powder promised to the Ionian Region?

2. Why does Graham think negotiations in the Ionian Region should be extensive?

3. Who disagrees with Aubrey about Ismail?

4. How does Aubrey describe Ismail Bey?

5. What is different on every ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ship is Aubrey given after the Worcester is declared unseaworthy, and why?

2. What does Aubrey hope to do when he gets to Mahon early?

3. What does Mustapha do when he hears Aubrey has aligned himself with Sciahan?

4. What does Aubrey think of Sciahan Bey?

5. What kind of illness does Aubrey battle while Maturin is away?

6. How does Davis feel about Aubrey, and why?

7. Why is is so hard for Aubrey to make an agreement with Sciahan at first?

8. What does Maturin do at the clandestine meeting, and why?

9. What competition is held on Aubrey's new ship, and who wins?

10. What does Aubrey do to try and save the sinking Worcester?

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