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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 is Aubrey's first name?

2. What is the name of Dundas's ship?

3. What does Maturin say his wife does brilliantly?

4. What is Aubrey's title in the Navy?

5. Who is badly injured after the run-in with the Jemmapes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Aubrey and Maturin discuss about music?

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

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

4. How is Maturin wounded?

5. What is the mission the Worcester has been sent on?

6. Why does Aubrey refuse to fire on the French ship anchored in the harbor?

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

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

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

10. What does Aubrey hope to do when he gets to Mahon early?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Human nature is a strong symbol and theme in this book. Where does this symbol appear, and what role does it play in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

There were many characters in this book who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

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