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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Maturin believe is the basis of the strange personality?
2. What does Aubrey learn?
3. On what type of mathematical problem is Aubrey working?
4. How does Aubrey feel about the captain of the Sirius?
5. What will happen in Mauritius if the British military campaign is successful?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do McAdam and Maturin discuss and how do they disagree on the subject?
2. 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?
3. Why are England and France at war?
4. How does Colley fare in the long term and how does Aubrey feel about that?
5. What do Keating and Aubrey do on La Reunion?
6. What does Aubrey have the crews doing on the voyage?
7. What happens when Corbett comes to help Aubrey?
8. What happens to Farquhar?
9. With what does Maturin enlist Mr. Cotton's help and how did it go?
10. How does Clonfert react to Aubrey's victory and how does McAdam respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mauritius and spreads anti-French propaganda, including the singularly decisive information that Napoleon has been subjected to the greater excommunication of the Catholic Church. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think it matters that much that a military officer and head of state has been excommunicated?
2. Would you be willing to follow someone who has been excommunicated if you are Catholic? If you are not Catholic, would you be willing to follow someone with very different religious viewpoints than your own? Why or why not?
3. Do you think it would matter to the American people if John Kennedy had been excommunicated when he was the President? What about to Catholic Americans?
Essay Topic 2
Patrick O'Brian has tried as much as possible to use historical events and facts around which to weave his work of fiction. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think this book qualifies as historical fiction? Why or why not?
2. If much of the events in the book are historical, what surprises you about the way the events play out?
3. Do you think the culture of that era is more or less advanced than you imagined? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
When one of the sailors on board Aubrey's ship has a skull fracture and subsequent operation, Aubrey links his chances of a successful naval battle with the successful recovery of the injured seaman. Aubrey, though very bright in many ways, is somewhat superstitious, a trait common to many sailors. Discuss the following:
1. What is superstition? Can you name a few common superstitions? Do any of them seem to have any validity in logic?
2. Why do you think sailors have the reputation for being superstitious? Do you think it is true? What superstitions are mentioned in Mauritius Command?
3. What are some of the superstitions you are familiar with that sailors seem to believe? Do you believe any of them? Why or why not?
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