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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey do immediately upon resuming his old command?
(a) Promotes Oakes.
(b) Writes the Admiralty.
(c) Has a tour and inspection.
(d) Writes his wife.

2. When must Aubrey reach his destination?
(a) By midnight.
(b) Within the first couple hours of darkness.
(c) Before Cornélie enters the passage.
(d) Before daybreak.

3. What type of armament does the Cornélie possess?
(a) Carronades.
(b) Light cannon.
(c) Heavy cannon.
(d) A mixture of heavy, medium and light cannon.

4. What is one attribute of the guests at a dinner party Maturin attends?
(a) They are mostly anti-Irish.
(b) They have no table manners.
(c) They drink huge quantities of alcohol.
(d) They are rude.

5. What happens a few hours after the dinner ends?
(a) The fleet disperses.
(b) The Nutmeg of Consolation is sabotaged.
(c) The Triton is mysteriously sunken.
(d) The French captain of the Cornélie jumps overboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will the ambush take place?

2. Why does Surprise head for Sweeting's Island?

3. Who fixes the problem with the Nutmeg Consolation's sailing problem?

4. What does the landing party find?

5. About what does Maturin brood?

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