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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives as Clonfert captures the fort?
(a) Several British ships.
(b) Captain Lambert.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) Several French ships.

2. Where is much of the French fleet discovered?
(a) Mauritius.
(b) Rodriquez.
(c) In the harbor at Port Louis.
(d) French Guinea.

3. What has the frigate Minerva been assigned to do?
(a) Blockade the English port.
(b) Reinforce the British forces.
(c) Blockade the French garrison.
(d) Reinforce the French garrison.

4. What does Pym have several English ships do?
(a) Go into the harbor to destroy the French.
(b) Go around to the other side of the island.
(c) Go for more ships.
(d) Wait for Aubrey.

5. Why is the Groper sacrificed?
(a) To take civilians off the island.
(b) To blow up the garrison.
(c) To draw the French out.
(d) To be a temporary breakwater.

6. What does Aubrey do with some of his ships before going to Rodriquez?
(a) Left to blockade the French.
(b) Sent back to Cape Town.
(c) Sent to Mauritius.
(d) Sent to La Reunion.

7. What does the squadron do after the ships were separated?
(a) Return to Cape Town.
(b) Go to French Guinea.
(c) Return to England.
(d) Return to Rodriquez.

8. What has Maturin's propaganda done to the locals?
(a) Has made them run.
(b) Has made them angry at the British.
(c) Has seeded discontent.
(d) Has caused them to join the army.

9. What naval news arrives at Cape Town?
(a) Mauritius had been taken.
(b) France's surrender.
(c) Rodriquez was over run by the French.
(d) The capture and re-capture of various ships.

10. What happens to the ships in Cape Town?
(a) They are given new crews.
(b) They are refitted.
(c) They are sent to England.
(d) Nothing.

11. What kind of raid has Pym led?
(a) Successful but bloody.
(b) He was completely defeated.
(c) He was repelled but captured a captain.
(d) Moderately successful but no one was injured.

12. How was Maturin's recovery?
(a) Short and successful.
(b) Short, he didn't really have much of a problem.
(c) Long but successful.
(d) Long and not complete.

13. Who captains Iphigenia?
(a) Blakely.
(b) Stole.
(c) Lambert.
(d) Carson.

14. Why does Maturin receive a huge sum of gold?
(a) For bribes.
(b) For his actions during the war.
(c) To dispense the sailors' pay.
(d) All of his back pay.

15. Why can't Pullings bring the French to combat?
(a) He's not a good tactician.
(b) The currents are against him.
(c) His main mast breaks.
(d) His ship is too slow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much laudanum does Maturin use?

2. What happens to the Raisonable after the squadron returns to Cape Town?

3. Why wasn't Maturin captured when Clonfert was?

4. What do the French do?

5. Where does Maturin decide to go?

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