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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey act at the ball?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Gay.
(c) Brooding.
(d) Socially competent but not interested in the talk.

2. Where is the HMS Shannon going?
(a) England.
(b) Halifax, Nova Scotia.
(c) Chile.
(d) The West Indies.

3. Who joins Aubrey at his home?
(a) Broke.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Villiers.
(d) Dalglissh.

4. What does Captain Broke need to do?
(a) Join a blockade of the New York harbor.
(b) Supervise the repairs of the Shannon.
(c) Return to the blockage of Washington.
(d) Write his official communiqué.

5. What does Maturin do with Villiers?
(a) Arranges for her to stay at the Hôtel de la Mothe.
(b) Tries to talk her into marrying him.
(c) Finds a friend who is willing to marry her.
(d) Marries her.

6. What does Maturin advise Aubrey?
(a) To send his children to boarding school.
(b) To borrow money from his wealthy father-in-law.
(c) To take the second vessel carrying the recovering wounded.
(d) To not fret over things he cannot control.

7. What is spreading like wildfire in the town where Shannon is docking?
(a) News of the end of the war.
(b) The flu.
(c) The plague.
(d) News of the HMS Shannon's victory.

8. What is Aubrey asked to do repeatedly?
(a) Recount the battle scene from his perspective.
(b) Introduce Villiers to the crowd.
(c) Show his battle wound.
(d) Have a flagon of ale on the house.

9. Who is circulating slander about Aubrey?
(a) Kimber.
(b) Villiers.
(c) Smith.
(d) First Lieutenant Grant.

10. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?
(a) Collecting specimens.
(b) Writing a novel.
(c) Teaching at the medical school.
(d) Intelligence.

11. How does Aubrey respond to Smith's letters?
(a) He says he will start divorce proceedings so he can marry her.
(b) A writes the letter affirming her virgin state.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He sends her money.

12. Who is Beck?
(a) Another doctor who teaches at the medical college.
(b) A local intelligence officer.
(c) The man who brought Maturin a rare plant specimen.
(d) The owner of the Inn where Maturin is staying.

13. What has Villiers recently become?
(a) An English citizen.
(b) A Brazilian citizen.
(c) An American citizen.
(d) A Canadian citizen.

14. What does Maturin buy Villiers?
(a) Passage back to Brazil.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) An expensive gown.
(d) Passage back to America.

15. What ship are Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers aboard?
(a) HMS Java.
(b) HMS Shannon.
(c) HMS Leopard.
(d) HMS Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aubrey find his home?

2. About what does Aubrey muse during his and Sophie's reunion?

3. What is the town celebrating?

4. What impresses Smith about Aubrey?

5. What does Maturin do doing the voyage?

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