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

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

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

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

5. For what is Stephen Maturin most known?
(a) As a physician.
(b) As a general.
(c) As a professor.
(d) As a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what island does Maturin first land?

2. What does Maturin do on the first island on which he goes ashore?

3. What is a characteristic of McAdam?

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

5. What kind of Captain is Corbett known to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the British officials at Cape Town feel about Aubrey's first naval action and what do they do there with the ships?

4. What does Maturin do in Cape Town?

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

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

7. How does Colley fare in the long term and how does Aubrey feel about that?

8. How does Aubrey spend his time at home and how does he feel about being home?

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

10. What does Aubrey do with his pennant and what does Bertie tell him?

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