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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Smith about Aubrey?
(a) His reverent mention of his deceased wife.
(b) His tales of violent combat.
(c) His strong friendship with her cousin, Maturin.
(d) His gallent mannerisms.

2. What is the name of one of the American schooners that converges on the ship where Maturin, Aubrey and Villiers are?
(a) The Liberty.
(b) The Patriot.
(c) The American Trader.
(d) The Bostonian.

3. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?
(a) The boom of a ship's gun.
(b) A toad on the sidewalk.
(c) A raccoon walking towards them.
(d) A rat running across the grass.

4. With what is Aubrey threatened?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Bankruptcy.
(c) Debtor's prison.
(d) Lawsuits.

5. What does Maturin intend to do in Paris?
(a) Lecture at a scientific academy.
(b) Deliver diplomatic papers to the embassy.
(c) Spy.
(d) Learn what he can of his nephew's disappearance.

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

7. Who is Amanda Smith?
(a) Matruin's cousin who is there with her mother.
(b) The daughter of the host at the ball.
(c) A young woman asked to be Villiers's maid.
(d) A young woman who dotes on Aubrey.

8. What happens to one of the American schooners that delays their pursuit?
(a) There is a mutiny.
(b) It hits an iceberg.
(c) The main mast breaks.
(d) The rudder pinion breaks off.

9. How does Smith find Aubrey to be?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Easily seduced and socially important.
(d) Gruff.

10. What was Maturin doing in America recently?
(a) He was a nominal prisoner.
(b) He was spying.
(c) He was courting Villiers.
(d) He was helping Aubrey escape.

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

12. How does Aubrey find his home?
(a) Not burned as an earlier report said.
(b) Nearly vacant.
(c) Bustling in anticipation of his return.
(d) Completely deserted.

13. How is Villiers' appearance at the ball?
(a) Subdued in greys because she feels ill.
(b) She is wearing black for the death of her husband.
(c) Respledent.
(d) She is wearing a lovely gown but no jewelry.

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

15. What happens to the crew on that schooner?
(a) They are hung as mutineers.
(b) They save the ship eventually and limp back to Boston.
(c) They sink with their ship and drown.
(d) It is rescued by the other allowing the English packet to escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forces are garrisoning at Grimsholm?

2. What does the mail that arrives confirm?

3. What ship are Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers aboard?

4. How does Aubrey feel about being back at sea?

5. What does Aubrey fear?

(see the answer keys)

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