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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey combat his loneliness when Maturin is gone?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Does practice runs.
(c) Writes letters.
(d) Doubles his watch times.

2. What happens when morale drops on the Worcester?
(a) All of these.
(b) Fighting starts.
(c) Sickness comes in.
(d) Disobedience flourishes.

3. What does the narrator say is the better part of valor?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Discretion.

4. Why does Aubrey not think Ismail can win?
(a) He worries too much about his children.
(b) He has no loyalties.
(c) He has no military skills.
(d) He is too old.

5. What surprises Aubrey when he sees the Drayad after the battle?
(a) There are women on board.
(b) There are dead bodies on the deck.
(c) A French flag is flying.
(d) There is a hole in the hull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harte give Aubrey the mission of meeting with the potentates?

2. Why does Thornton choose to go home after the conflict at the blockade?

3. Who represents Sciahan when Aubrey gets to his place?

4. What does Aubrey do on the day he meets with Sciahan?

5. What causes the Ionaion Region's political climate to dissolve at the end of the book?

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