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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. What does Maturin try to teach Graham about?

2. How does Aubrey describe his mission on the Worcester as part of his career?

3. What does Aubrey do at the first stop the Worcester makes?

4. What does Maturin's wife like to do?

5. What diminishes Martin's love for the Navy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does blockade duty entail?

2. What is Maturin's job?

3. What surprises Aubrey when he meets Thornton?

4. How is Maturin wounded?

5. How is Somers a danger to the whole ship?

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

7. What do Aubrey and Maturin discuss about music?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Aubrey changed after his experiences on the Worcester, and how does this affect his life after the experience?

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

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