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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey use his station of commodore to do?
(a) To have his wife on board.
(b) To fire Corbett.
(c) To order fine wines.
(d) To request Bonden and Killick, his personal coxswain and steward, be reassigned to his crew.

2. What does Maturin do on the first island on which he goes ashore?
(a) Kill the French commandor.
(b) Spreads anti-French propaganda.
(c) Free the British prisoners of war.
(d) Kill the French governor.

3. How are the men on the Néréide responding to their Captain?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) Near mutiny.
(c) Indifferently.
(d) Agressively.

4. Where does Aubrey send the two captured French ships?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Gibraltar.

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

6. By the time Aubrey reaches Mauritius how is the crew functioning?
(a) Reluctantly.
(b) Smoothly.
(c) With some grumbling.
(d) Better, but still erratic.

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

8. How far is Mauritius when the squadron sets sail?
(a) 5000 miles.
(b) 1500 miles.
(c) 1085 miles.
(d) 2885 miles.

9. With what is Clonfert well acquainted?
(a) The shores and locales of the islands.
(b) Fighting pirates.
(c) Military protocal.
(d) Decorating his stateroom.

10. Who is Dr. McAdam?
(a) Clonfert's personal physician and ship's surgeon.
(b) Corbett's personal physician and ship's surgeon.
(c) Aubrey's surgeon.
(d) Maturin's mentor.

11. For what use does Aubrey grind lenses?
(a) For magnifying glasses.
(b) For telescopes.
(c) For eye glasses.
(d) For binoculars.

12. How did Lady Clonfert find out about Aubrey's command?
(a) She is a friend of the Prime Minister.
(b) Her father is Captain of another ship.
(c) Her husband is an admiral.
(d) The rumor mill.

13. What kind of ship is the Néréide?
(a) A battle cruiser.
(b) A forty-eight gun Longship.
(c) A sloop.
(d) A thirty-six gun frigate.

14. Which island is garrisoned by the British?
(a) Carolinia.
(b) Rodriguez.
(c) LeFleua.
(d) La Reunion.

15. Who does Maturin accidentally meet?
(a) Barrett Bonden.
(b) Mrs. Williams.
(c) Mrs. Bertie.
(d) Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been captured?

2. With whom will Matuin be traveling to Mauritius?

3. What kind of reputation does Lord Clonfert have?

4. What kind of mental stress is Maturin fighting?

5. What has been holding Napoleon back?

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