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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the French escape into after the conflict at the blockade?

2. What is important for Aubrey to know about the potentates he will be meeting with?

3. What does the crew have to pay most attention to during a storm?

4. How does Aubrey combat his loneliness when Maturin is gone?

5. What does Thornton tell captains in the blockade to do once the French have broken through?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do people respond to the optimism of Martin, and what are their reasons for this?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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