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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. What does Sophie ask Maturin to do?
(a) Locate some command for Aubrey.
(b) Provide medical care for her sister.
(c) Talk to Aubrey about having another child.
(d) Lend her some money.

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

3. What is a characteristic of McAdam?
(a) He is effeminate.
(b) He smokes heavily.
(c) He is timid.
(d) He drinks heavily.

4. Why does Matuin tell Aubrey he has to go to Mauritius?
(a) The French have put a strong naval force there.
(b) They are going to Russia.
(c) They are going to cross the channel.
(d) They are withdrawing from Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Stephen Maturin most known?

2. How does Aubrey feel about Mr. Farquhar?

3. Who is Colonel Keating?

4. What has been holding Napoleon back?

5. In what capacity does Stephen Maturin work for the crown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Maturin meet up with accidentally and what does that person tell him?

2. What happens to Maturin on the way to Mauritius?

3. What does Aubrey learn about the French garrison?

4. Why are England and France at war?

5. What happened to Corbett's ship?

6. Where is the French fleet and other French ships? What does Aubrey's squadron do and who does Maturin meet on Rodriguez?

7. Who does Aubrey meet with in Cape Town?

8. Why does Maturin go ashore at Mauritius and what information does he use?

9. What does Aubrey manage to do in his first few days of the voyage to Mauritius?

10. Where does the squadron go after the ships are separated and what makes Aubrey angry?

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