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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Aubrey become?
(a) Idle.
(b) Restless.
(c) Somewhat of a recluse.
(d) A local hero.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Maturin doing in America recently?

2. With what is Aubrey threatened?

3. What does Maturin intend to do in Paris?

4. What is Harry Johnson's financial situation?

5. Who is Beck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the encounter between Aubrey and several businessmen who call upon him?

2. What is the situation with Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers at the opening of THE SURGEON'S MATE?

3. How are the HMS Shannon's crew and passengers greeted in Halifax?

4. Describe the meeting and interaction between Aubrey and Amanda Smith.

5. Describe Jack Aubrey.

6. What depresses Aubrey amidst all the celebrations?

7. What did the British intelligence want Maturin to do and why do they no longer need him for the assignment?

8. Why is Aubrey particularly unhappy ashore?

9. Describe Diana Villiers.

10. What is Villiers' reception like at the ball?

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