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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. Who is badly injured after the run-in with the Jemmapes?

2. Where is the Jemmapes from?

3. What is Aubrey's title in the Navy?

4. Who is England at conflict with in this book?

5. How does Maturin feel about Aubrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Maturin boards the Worcester?

2. Why is Maturin excited to sail on the Worcester?

3. Why is Maturin rarely at home?

4. Why is a blockade duty so wearing on a ship and its crew?

5. How is Maturin wounded?

6. Why does Aubrey choose to captain the Worcester even though he doesn't want to?

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

8. How do the crew feel about the Worcester, and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is comic relief present in the book, and how did these instances affect the main characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 3

What is strange about the relationship between Maturin and his wife, and what bearing does this have on his career?

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