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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 do the men do for entertainment?
(a) Play whist.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Play cricket.
(d) Play craps.

2. What do the attackers do as they retreat?
(a) Drag several sailors with them.
(b) Bow to the English sailors.
(c) Kill their wounded.
(d) Burn the schooner.

3. Who does Maturin spy one morning when he wakes up?
(a) What he thinks is an angel.
(b) A French privateer approaching the bay.
(c) A Dyak woman.
(d) A pirate.

4. Approximately how many men are marooned on an unnamed island?
(a) 157.
(b) 54.
(c) 448.
(d) 2000.

5. What is Aubrey planning as he leaves port?
(a) The pursuit and attack of Cornélie.
(b) How to make an unscheduled stop for Maturin to gather some samples.
(c) How to get Miller and Oakes up to speed.
(d) How to explain an indiscretion to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey admire about the Captain of the Marines?

2. What does Maturin find when he goes to gather the nests?

3. Who is Fox's clerk?

4. What suddenly lands on the beach?

5. How long does it take to repulse the attackers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the armament of the Cornélie with that of the HMS Nutmeg of Consolation.

2. What happens to Maturin's fortune?

3. What is Pullings response to an offer of command?

4. Describe Captain Jack Aubrey's physical attributes.

5. Where does Maturin find Padeen Colman and what does Maturin do?

6. Why is the situation not as precarious as it could be for the marooned men?

7. What does Cornélie do in response to the Nutmeg of Consolation fleeing the harbour?

8. What does Maturin do that gains the men assistance?

9. Who does the Nutmeg of Consolation encounter and what do they learn?

10. What has been Aubrey's chief concern and why?

(see the answer keys)

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