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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. What is Aubrey's main personal problem?
(a) He has a terminal disease.
(b) His wife is sick.
(c) He is deep in debt.
(d) He is losing his memory.

2. What is Latham's ship called?
(a) Expert.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Exile.
(d) Astonished.

3. What hits Maturin on the head?
(a) A brick.
(b) A water barrel.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A block of wood.

4. What does Maturin's wife like to do?
(a) Travel.
(b) Go to the theater.
(c) Throw parties.
(d) Listen to him read.

5. Why does Maturin take pity on Yeats?
(a) He seems friendly.
(b) He has seen this man before.
(c) He is still angry with Aubrey.
(d) He has no nautical skill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nick-name of the Worcester?

2. How does Aubrey feel about Dundas?

3. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?

4. What does Aubrey call his biggest burden as a captain?

5. How does Maturin feel about Aubrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aubrey think of Mustapha?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Aubrey think of Sciahan Bey?

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

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

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

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

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