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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Aubrey return in Chapter 5?
(a) To Surprise.
(b) To his country estate.
(c) To Madrid.
(d) To London.

2. What does Joseph organize when Aubrey returns?
(a) A live band to play when they arrive.
(b) A meeting with the Queen.
(c) A ticker parade.
(d) A small dinner party.

3. Where do Surprise and her prizes go after leaving St. Martin's?
(a) Spain.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) England.

4. What does Aubrey do shortly after he renders his judgment on what was done to Surprise?
(a) Hires additional crew.
(b) Goes home.
(c) Sets sail.
(d) Writes his wife.

5. What does Maturin want to do with the answer to question #86?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Give it to his mother.
(c) Return it to Diana.
(d) Sell it.

6. What does Aubrey do when he returns to Surprise?
(a) Eats dinner.
(b) Plots their next course change.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Waits for the right time.

7. What does Maturin insist is possible with tragic literature?
(a) No romance involved.
(b) A happy end.
(c) Some comedy.
(d) A lucky protagonist.

8. How are the gunboats moored in the harbor?
(a) Held between piers.
(b) With chains.
(c) With anchors.
(d) With ropes.

9. Where does Sir Joseph say Diana has gone?
(a) To America.
(b) To Sweden.
(c) To Australia.
(d) To South America.

10. Why does Aubrey care what the men did to Surprise?
(a) She must maintain proper appearance.
(b) It was in the way.
(c) It wasn't safe.
(d) It was ugly.

11. What does Aubrey say every man must do for his next objective?
(a) Be willing to die.
(b) Be in great physical shape.
(c) Execute his duty flawlessly.
(d) Know the general plan.

12. How much laudanum does Maturin say he takes every day?
(a) He takes a medicinal dose six times a day.
(b) Twenty times the medicinal dose.
(c) Forty times the medicinal dose.
(d) He takes a medicinal dose four times a day.

13. Why is Aubrey technically under Babbington's command?
(a) Due to British maritime laws.
(b) Because Babbington was at St. Martin's first.
(c) Because over half his crew belong to the navy.
(d) Babbington is an admiral.

14. How have the prizes taken on the shakedown tour helped Aubrey?
(a) Made his wife quite being angry at him.
(b) Made him fabulously wealthy.
(c) He was able to pay off his fines.
(d) Got him a new position on a bigger ship.

15. What does Surprise do first to prepare for taking Diane?
(a) The sailors muffle their boots.
(b) Lowers her sails.
(c) Blacks out her lights.
(d) Pulls anchor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maturin's relationship to the man in question #83?

2. What does Aubrey do about the incident in question #94?

3. What does Aubrey decide must be done?

4. To what rank has Babbington been promoted?

5. What will Surprise do according to the plans to capture Diane?

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