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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the HMS Jason chasing?
(a) The French ship-of-war Médusae.
(b) No one.
(c) The French ship-of-war Lafayette.
(d) French ship-of-war Marsailles.

2. Who lands to possess the fortress?
(a) A force of Spanish troops.
(b) A force of English troops.
(c) A force of French troops.
(d) A force of Dutch troops.

3. What is Jagiello's most prominent feature?
(a) A scarred face from a ship fire.
(b) His huge nose.
(c) His overwhelming beauty and enormous sex appeal.
(d) One arm is missing.

4. Where is the convoy of which the Ariel is part traveling at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) The Straits of Gibralter.
(b) The Canaberra Sea.
(c) The Baltic straits.
(d) The Ionic Sea.

5. For what does Aubrey use Maturin's hack watch?
(a) To replace the chronometer.
(b) To replace the compass.
(c) The count the wave cycles per minute.
(d) To replace the sextant.

6. How does Blaine brief Maturin about the meeting with the commander of Grimsholm?
(a) Just a few observations.
(b) Blaine briefs Maturin rather extensively.
(c) He has Maturin read the intelligence Blaine has received.
(d) He does not brief Maturin at all.

7. What moves into the area?
(a) A thick fog.
(b) A large storm system.
(c) A huge pod of humpback whales.
(d) A huge pod of bottlenose dolphins.

8. Who is Hyde?
(a) Ariel's bosun chief.
(b) Ariel's second mate.
(c) Ariel's stewart.
(d) Ariel's senior lieutenant.

9. What can prevent a ship from determining its longitude?
(a) A broken chronometer.
(b) Cloudy skies.
(c) A broken sextant.
(d) A broken gyrocompass.

10. Why does Ariel intervene in the chase?
(a) Ariel is much larger than the Jason.
(b) Jason signals them to do so.
(c) Aubrey sees it as easy prize money.
(d) Jason cannot close.

11. What ill omen occurs during the planning of the mission?
(a) Aubrey drops and breaks the glass in which he offers a toast.
(b) Aubrey's sword slips out of its scabbard when he hands it to Maturin.
(c) Aubrey cannot find his map of the Grisholm area.
(d) Aubrey spills wine on the uniform Maturin is to don.

12. Where do the transports loaded with Catalan troops go?
(a) Back to Samaurez' fleet.
(b) To France.
(c) To England to wait out the war.
(d) To the coastal waters off Brazil.

13. Why does Hyde have to cut Jagiello's meat?
(a) His dominant arm is missing.
(b) He is royalty and used to a valet.
(c) He breaks three fingers on his remaining hand.
(d) Jagiello cut his hand rather badly.

14. With whose fleet does the Ariel rendezvous?
(a) Admiral Sir James Saumarez.
(b) Admiral Sir Drake.
(c) Admiral Lord Nelson.
(d) Admiral Hornblower.

15. Why is celestial navigation out of the question?
(a) Their navigator died while at Grimsholm.
(b) They do not have a sextant.
(c) Overcast skies.
(d) The charts for extrapolation were lost overboard in the last fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Maturin's watch is less than desirable for navigating, what is it good for?

2. Who is Pelloworm?

3. Why would Aubrey pretend to chase the Minnie?

4. What does Aubrey feel a few hours later?

5. Who does Aubrey warn in a small boat?

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