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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. How many guns are on the Jemmapes?

2. How does Aubrey feel about Dundas?

3. Why do the officers on the Worcester dislike Maturin?

4. What does Maturin do for the Navy?

5. How is Maturin embarrassed when he first boards the Worcester?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Aubrey so worried about Thornton's health?

3. Why does Aubrey avoid Maturin when he first comes aboard the ship?

4. What causes the Jemmapes to flee from the altercation with the Worcester?

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

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

7. How is Maturin wounded?

8. How does Martin convince people to not hurt the birds?

9. What is the Worcester's nickname, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What caused Thornton to retire, and what were the reactions to this decision?

Essay Topic 2

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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