2. What kind of Captain is Corbett known to be?
(a) An easy going man.
(b) Someone to respect but doesn't like to kill.
(c) A rigid disciplinarian and a fighting captain.
(d) A good seaman but lax with his sailors.

3. What is one thing Aubrey does in preparation for sailing?
(a) Gets drunk three days in a row.
(b) Spends several days alone with Sophie.
(c) Interviews his captains and officers.
(d) Fires his midshipmen.

4. What French frigate does Aubrey capture near La Reunion?
(a) Sierris.
(b) Noblise.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Hauteur.

5. What do McAdam and Maturin discuss?
(a) Maturin's love of nature.
(b) Corbett's strange personality.
(c) Aubrey's strange personality.
(d) Clonfert's strange personality.

6. What does Maturin believe is the basis of the strange personality?
(a) Mental in nature.
(b) Physical in nature.
(c) He does not believe there is a reason.
(d) He has no idea.

7. What imaginary line does Aubrey cross on his way to Mauritius?
(a) The line of demarcation.
(b) The north-south transit line.
(c) The South Pole meridian.
(d) The equator.

8. How does Aubrey find life at home?
(a) Uninteresting and boring.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Fun.
(d) Restful.

9. Who will crew the two captured French ships?
(a) Unfit elements from his crew.
(b) The prize crew which are the youngest men on the ship.
(c) The French supervised by two of his trusted officers.
(d) The French under vow of honor.

10. Of what does McAdam say Clonfert's physical ailments are the result?
(a) Old war wounds.
(b) Mental distress.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Horseback accident as a child.

11. What do Aubrey's forces and British land forces do on La Reunion?
(a) Destroy the crops.
(b) Rescue prisoners.
(c) Capture a key city.
(d) Burn the main towns.

12. What does Maturin call tormina?
(a) A headache band around the forehead.
(b) The inability to catch one's breath.
(c) A muscle cramp in the thigh.
(d) Physcial cramping and anxiety.

13. What have the French been doing on the ocean that is a problem?
(a) Blockading England's shores.
(b) Blowing up British merchant ships.
(c) Crossing the channel.
(d) Capturing British Indiamen.

14. What kind of mental stress is Maturin fighting?
(a) Fear.
(b) Depression.
(c) Bipolar.
(d) Anxiety.

15. In what year does this book take place?
(a) 1797.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1803.