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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. Who is Colonel Keating?
(a) Executive officer of the British marines.
(b) The infantry commander.
(c) The British governor of Cape Town.
(d) Head of the British calvery.

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

4. What is bothering Aubrey's family?
(a) Aubrey's inventions being stolen.
(b) Maturin's visit.
(c) Stress and penury.
(d) The war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the gardens like around Aubrey's home?

2. By the time Aubrey reaches Mauritius how is the crew functioning?

3. What does Maturin call tormina?

4. What does Aubrey learn?

5. What does Aubrey insinuate about Lord Clonfert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Corbett?

2. What French ship does Aubrey encounter and what does he do with it? How does Aubrey feel about his actions?

3. Who comes to visit Aubrey at the beginning of the novel? What does the person do and how long has it been since they've seen each other?

4. What does Maturin say is the reason he has come to see Aubrey?

5. What has Pym done and how does Clonfert act when he hears? What does Clonfert decide to do?

6. What does Clonfert do when Pym is doing something else?

7. What does the British squadron do to the French, how long does it last and why does it stop?

8. What is the final conversation between Maturin and McAdam about, what worries Maturin and what does McAdam say?

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

10. What do the men see during the voyage on Clonfert's ship and what does McAdams call it?

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