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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what position will Tom Pullings work on Surprise?
(a) Coxswain.
(b) Rigger.
(c) Captain's stewart.
(d) First mate.
2. What does Maturin do for Padeen's pain?
(a) Gives him aspirin.
(b) Gets him drunk on Irish whiskey.
(c) Gives him a shot of morphine.
(d) Administers laudanum.
3. What made Aubrey feel encouraged at the gathering?
(a) He was toasted.
(b) They served his favorite food.
(c) Maturin was sober.
(d) He was given a letter from Lord Nelson.
4. How do Aubrey and the crew feel about what Maturin gave him?
(a) Confused.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Discontent.
5. What is the ship, Merlin, they encounter in Chapter 3?
(a) A French privateer.
(b) A British frigate.
(c) An American privateer.
(d) A Spanish merchant ship.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much money does Aubrey have at the beginning of the book?
2. For what type of work is Maturin known as an amateur?
3. In what direction does Aubrey go in his first cruise of Surprise?
4. What is it about the crew Aubrey has that is unusual?
5. What type of people make up much of the residents in Shelmerston?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Aubrey do about the ship they raise near the end of the storm? What does Maturin find out from a man on the ship?
2. What does Aubrey decide to do about Spartan and what does he do in order to carry out his plan?
3. Where has Spartan stashed its prizes and why?
4. How does Padeen get injured and why does he continue to take pain medication?
5. What is one of the primary talks at the formal dinner aboard ship the night before sailing?
6. What does Maturin do and where does he do it right after he buys her?
7. What is Aubrey concerned about in reference to his crew?
8. What ship closes with Surprise that is captained by a friend of Aubrey's and who is the passenger it has? What happens when the two ships meet?
9. What does the escape of Wray and Ledward lead Maturin to believe?
10. What is Aubrey's situation at the beginning of THE LETTER OF MARQUE?
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