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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Captain Dalgliesh?
(a) That one of the schooners is not flying American colours.
(b) That the two schooners fall behind so quickly.
(c) That the two American schooners are so persistently following them.
(d) That the two schooners break off so quickly.

2. How does Maturin's final speech fare?
(a) He does not deliver it as he is called back to England on an emergency.
(b) He cuts it to five minutes and only gives a bare outline of the material.
(c) It is delivered in an uninspiring manner and loses the audience's attention.
(d) It is a rousing success.

3. What does Maturin find irresistible about Villiers?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Nothing really attracts Maturin to Villiers.
(c) Her grace.
(d) Her laughter.

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

5. What do Villiers and Maturin deduce about the pursuit by the two schooners?
(a) That Harry Johnson is funding the effort.
(b) They may be pirates falsely flying legitimate colours.
(c) That Harry Johnson is on board one of the vessels.
(d) That the American Naval intelligence is behind the pursuit.

6. What do Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers do to effect a return to England?
(a) They have to wait until later in the summer.
(b) They are onboard the fast packet with the original communiqué from Broke.
(c) They take a slower packet.
(d) They take a private merchant vessel.

7. From where have Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers just escaped?
(a) Boston.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Brazil.
(d) An uprising in the West Indies.

8. What does Aubrey fear?
(a) He is financially ruined.
(b) His children will be lost without their mother.
(c) His wife will die.
(d) He will not have the money to rebuild his home.

9. Who does Aubrey find?
(a) His lawyer.
(b) Sophie and his children.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) His business manager.

10. What does Blaine suggest to Aubrey?
(a) A competent attorney.
(b) That he spend some time at home before a new assignemnt.
(c) That Aubrey travel with Maturin.
(d) That Aubrey try to get a new assignment quickly before summons can be engendered.

11. Who is pursuing Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers?
(a) The Merrimack.
(b) The USS Constitution.
(c) The Monitor.
(d) The USS Mayflower.

12. What does the town do when the Shannon arrives?
(a) Erupts in a tumultuous celebration.
(b) Asks Aubrey if the war is really over.
(c) Warns it off because the town is quarantined.
(d) Nothing out of the ordinary.

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

14. What is notable about Harry Johnson?
(a) He is a well-published author on warfare.
(b) He works for the underground railroad.
(c) He is distantly related to the King of England.
(d) He is a civilian engaged in intelligence work on his own for the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin ask Villiers?

2. What does Maturin intend to do in Paris?

3. Who joins Aubrey at his home?

4. What causes Aubrey some discomfort?

5. What was Maturin doing in America recently?

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