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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. Why does the ship from question #38 close with Surprise?
(a) To offer trade goods.
(b) To capture them for the French navy.
(c) To keep them from the Spanish peninsula.
(d) To press hands from her.

2. What is the ship, Merlin, they encounter in Chapter 3?
(a) An American privateer.
(b) A French privateer.
(c) A British frigate.
(d) A Spanish merchant ship.

3. Who suspects Maturin has an addiction?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Padeen.
(d) Martin.

4. What type of ship is Merlin?
(a) A frigate.
(b) A sloop.
(c) A cutter.
(d) A gun ship.

5. What is it about the crew Aubrey has that is unusual?
(a) It is all one nationality.
(b) It is a picked crew.
(c) None of them are criminals.
(d) It has a Frenchman on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aubrey feel about his new situation?

2. Where are the prizes that Spartan has captured?

3. What happens to Padeen's hand?

4. Who did Aubrey tell Tom Pullings to bar from coming aboard?

5. How much money does Aubrey have at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the primary talks at the formal dinner aboard ship the night before sailing?

2. What is Aubrey concerned about in reference to his crew?

3. To what is Maturin addicted and who discusses it with him?

4. What is Aubrey's situation at the beginning of THE LETTER OF MARQUE?

5. What kind of crew does Aubrey obtain and why?

6. What is the final outcome of Aubrey's shakedown cruise?

7. What does Maturin do and where does he do it right after he buys her?

8. What alleviates Aubrey's concerns in question #17?

9. What ship first approaches Surprise on Aubrey's first shakedown cruise and why? How does Aubrey feel about the authorization Maturin has?

10. What does Aubrey decide to do about Spartan and what does he do in order to carry out his plan?

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