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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 happens as Aubrey is trying to get the Ariel away from The Thatcher?
(a) The rudder pinon breaks off.
(b) The ship hits a reef which punctures her hull.
(c) The linesman hurls the sounding line and knocks out Aubrey.
(d) He is successful but they are way off course.

2. Though Maturin's watch is less than desirable for navigating, what is it good for?
(a) Taking a pulse.
(b) Knowing when to go to the mess for food.
(c) Nothing else.
(d) Providing a ticking noise for going to sleep by.

3. What do Maturin and Jagiello do one foggy morning?
(a) Practice their swordplay.
(b) Go aloft.
(c) Jump overboard to save someone who fell off the flying bridge.
(d) Practice hand-to-hand combat.

4. How is Hyde as a sailor and officer?
(a) Overbearing.
(b) Lacks self confidence.
(c) Reliable and uninmaginative.
(d) Takes foolish chances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jagiello supposed to be doing?

2. What does Aubrey feel a few hours later?

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

4. How is Aubrey further slandered?

5. Where is the convoy of which the Ariel is part traveling at the beginning of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Ariel slow the Médusae down enough for the HMS Jason to catch the Médusae?

3. Describe the chase scene when the Ariel goes after the Minnie.

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

5. What does Aubrey give a technical discussion of and how does he replace the broken chronometer?

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

7. What is the emergency to which Aubrey awakens?

8. Describe the actions that lead to the wreck of the Ariel.

9. How does the Minnie complete her mission?

10. Describe the Grimsholm fortress.

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