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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 causes a crew member to be so disobedient to the order about the birds?

2. What does Mowett scold Maturin for on the ship?

3. What does Thornton talk to Maturin about during their visit together?

4. Why do the crew not want to deliver people to destinations?

5. Where will Aubrey go if he refuses the post on the Worcester?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Harte bring to Aubrey?

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

3. What happens when a strong wind blows birds over the ship?

4. What ship is Aubrey given after the Worcester is declared unseaworthy, and why?

5. What does blockade duty entail?

6. Please explain the relationship between Maturin and his wife.

7. How does Aubrey feel when the Worcester is declared as unseawothy?

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

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

10. How are the French able to break through the blockade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the inclusion of the theme of loneliness so ironic for this book, and what came of the loneliness felt by the main characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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