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

2. Who does Aubrey go to see?
(a) Admiral Bertie.
(b) Admiral Nelson.
(c) Admiral Cornwallis.
(d) Captain Bligh.

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

4. How would Aubrey describe his wife's mother?
(a) A gentle soul.
(b) Quiet and unassuming.
(c) Sweet but not very bright.
(d) A loudmouthed and overbearing woman.

5. What is Napoleon trying to conquer?
(a) All of Europe.
(b) East Africa.
(c) Turkey.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do with the ship as it sails towards Cape Town?

2. What kind of ship is the Néréide?

3. Who does Maturin accidentally meet?

4. Who is Colonel Keating?

5. What does Aubrey use his station of commodore to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who joins Clonfert and what does he do? What happens to two English frigates with them?

3. What is Bertie's attitude towards Aubrey and what does he do?

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

5. What does Aubrey have the crew doing as they travel and why?

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

7. From whom does Aubrey receive a note and what does it ask and why does he laugh about it?

8. What do McAdam and Maturin discuss and how do they disagree on the subject?

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

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

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