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

2. What does the mail that arrives confirm?
(a) That Aubrey's estate is irreparably damaged.
(b) Aubrey's worse fears about Kimber.
(c) That Aubrey's wife has died.
(d) That not only has Aubrey's wife died, but also his oldest son.

3. Who is Kimber?
(a) Aubrey's business agent.
(b) Aubrey's brother-in-law.
(c) Aubrey's cousin and lawyer.
(d) Aubrey's best friend back in England.

4. What compels Aubrey to find Smith quite attractive?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) He does not want to insult her father, the host.
(c) Maturin's request that Aubrey be kind to his cousin.
(d) Nothing could compel him to find her attractive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin do with Villiers?

2. What does Amanda Smith ask of Aubrey?

3. What goes on for weeks?

4. What was Maturin doing in America recently?

5. About what does Aubrey muse during his and Sophie's reunion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Maturin and Villiers travel and what do they do?

2. Where does the Diligence arrive and what is the atmosphere of the town?

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

4. How does Maturin pass the time at the ball?

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

6. Describe Diana Villiers.

7. Describe Stephen Maturin.

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

9. What battle did Aubrey recently participate in and what was the outcome?

10. What is Maturin's interest in Villiers and why?

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