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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. How is Aubrey further slandered?
(a) Amanda Smith shows up in England and confronts Aubrey's wife.
(b) Amanda Smith writes and claims she is pregnant by him.
(c) Grant claims Aubrey did not sink Waakzaamheid, a Dutch ship-of-war, but a nondescript transport.
(d) Grant claims Aubrey collaborated with the Americans while in Boston.

2. What does Maturin suggest?
(a) That Aubrey dress as a pirate when sailing the Minnie.
(b) That Jiegello assume command of the Minnie.
(c) That the Ariel pretend to chase the Minnie into the harbor at Grimsholm.
(d) That Aubrey dress as a Dutch officer while sailing the Minnie.

3. What does Pellworm say about the voyage?
(a) That they should go forward as fast as possible.
(b) That they should pull into a quiety bay and wait for a few days.
(c) That they should turn back.
(d) That it is doomed.

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

5. What does the fortress garrison decide?
(a) To let Maturin go but to stay loyal to the French.
(b) To hold Maturin hostage.
(c) To pretend friendship to lure the Ariel in close.
(d) To defect to the British cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hyde?

2. Why does Aubrey get struck with a piece of hard meat?

3. What happens when the Minnie is chased as planned?

4. What does Maturin try to teach Jagiello?

5. What does Maturin think the meeting with the commander of Grimsholm will require?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are a couple ill omens that Aubrey experiences that gives him the jitters?

2. Who does the Ariel encounter and what does Aubrey decide to do?

3. How does the Minnie complete her mission?

4. At what does Maturin hint when Aubrey expresses his desire to be at sea?

5. Why is Aubrey concerned when there is stormy weather?

6. Why is Hyde cutting Jagiello's meat and what happens at dinner one evening when Hyde does so?

7. Describe the guest Swedish officer, Jagiello, who is onboard the Ariel.

8. What transpires in the meeting between Sir Joseph Blaine and Maturin?

9. Briefly describe Ariel's Senior Lieutenant, Hyde.

10. What happens after the Ariel sails through the narrow Baltic entrance?

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