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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. How does Aubrey feel about Mr. Farquhar?
(a) He is insane.
(b) He is somewhat tedious but generally agreeable.
(c) He is too aggressive.
(d) He is quite interesting.

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

3. What does Aubrey do about Corbett and Clonfert?
(a) Have them flogged and demoted.
(b) Sends Corbett back to England with a captured ship.
(c) Send Clonfert to England.
(d) Court martial both of them.

4. Who does Maturin accidentally meet?
(a) Barrett Bonden.
(b) Mrs. Bertie.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

5. What will happen in Mauritius if the British military campaign is successful?
(a) It will be left alone with a nominal British force left there.
(b) It will return to the native population.
(c) A naval base will be established there.
(d) An English governor will be installed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Corbett characterized by Bonder?

3. To what drug is Maturin addicted?

4. What does Maturin believe is the basis of the strange personality?

5. What is one thing Aubrey does in preparation for sailing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Maturin and McAdam do at Cape Town?

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

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

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

7. What does Aubrey do before they sail for Mauritius, what ships sail with him and how far do they have to sail?

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

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

10. Who does Aubrey meet with in Cape Town?

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