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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 does Thornton feel about ship visiting?

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

3. What is Maturin's first name?

4. What does Maturin try to teach Graham about?

5. What hits Maturin on the head?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Aubrey and Maturin discuss about music?

4. What does Aubrey do for the ship that impresses his crew?

5. What does blockade duty entail?

6. Why does Aubrey get so excited when he sees Latham and his ship join the blockade?

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

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

9. What surprises Aubrey when he meets Thornton?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting of a ship affect the tone and action of the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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