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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Aubrey treat Smith?
(a) He tells her the news of his wife's death was incorrect.
(b) He avoids her.
(c) He gives her misleading insinuations.
(d) He is rude in hopes she will leave him be.

3. What does Aubrey do when he first makes land?
(a) Goes to file his lenthly preliminary report to naval authorities.
(b) Reunites with Kimber.
(c) Finds out where his wife is buried.
(d) Finds out where his surviving children are.

4. Why do Smith and Aubrey leave the ball?
(a) To look at Smith's new horse.
(b) To search for a secluded spot.
(c) To tour Smith's father's greenhouses.
(d) For Aubrey to show her how to use the stars for navigation.

5. What does Villiers confide to Maturin?
(a) That she left all her money in the hotel in Boston in her haste to leave.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That she is actually already married to Harry Johnson.

6. What is Maturin doing on shore?
(a) Having a quiet moment with Villiers.
(b) Finding a minister to marry him and Villiers.
(c) Trying to sleep.
(d) Attending the wounded.

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

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

9. What is the town celebrating?
(a) That the War of 1812 is over.
(b) That Napoleon is dead.
(c) That the Napoleonic Wars are over.
(d) The news of Shannon's victory.

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

11. What forces are garrisoning at Grimsholm?
(a) Italian.
(b) Prussian.
(c) French.
(d) Catalan.

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

13. What is Harry Johnson's financial situation?
(a) He is penniless but is hoping for an investment in a slaver vessel to turn that around.
(b) He is extremely wealthy.
(c) He is almost penniless having spent his fortune funding the revolutionary war.
(d) His financial status is not mentioned.

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

15. What does Maturin do at the ball?
(a) Escorts Villiers from group to group introducing her.
(b) Sleeps in a corner chair.
(c) Watches other people and examines the potted plants.
(d) Dances almost every dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Maturin make his report?

2. Who gave Villiers the diamond necklace?

3. What does Amanda Smith ask of Aubrey?

4. What compels Aubrey to find Smith quite attractive?

5. What happens to the original communiqué Broke writes about the Shannon's encounter?

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