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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. Who reaches Cape Town?
(a) HMS Roland.
(b) Boadicea.
(c) Leopard.
(d) Exeter.

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

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

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

5. What does Aubrey insinuate about Lord Clonfert?
(a) He's only captain cause he's a Lord.
(b) Various bizarre stories about him circulate.
(c) He's a French sympathizer.
(d) He is only a minor nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aubrey send the two captured French ships?

2. How far is Mauritius when the squadron sets sail?

3. What will happen in Mauritius if the British military campaign is successful?

4. Why does Matuin tell Aubrey he has to go to Mauritius?

5. What kind of mental stress is Maturin fighting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Aubrey meet with in Cape Town?

2. What does Aubrey do after receiving his orders?

3. How does Aubrey think about Colley's recovery?

4. Who will be meeting the French force at Mauritius?

5. Where does the squadron go when it leaves Cape Town and what does Maturin do there?

6. What does the armada do and how does that go? How do the people of Mauritius feel about the British?

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

8. What do the three men say about the captains of the other ships?

9. What does Aubrey learn about the French garrison?

10. With what does Maturin enlist Mr. Cotton's help and how did it go?

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