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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Maturin's final speech fare?
2. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?
3. How does Aubrey act at the ball?
4. What does Blaine suggest to Aubrey?
5. About what does Aubrey muse during his and Sophie's reunion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the situation with Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers at the opening of THE SURGEON'S MATE?
2. What is Villiers' reception like at the ball?
3. Where does the Diligence arrive and what is the atmosphere of the town?
4. Describe Jack Aubrey.
5. What is one of Villier's prized possessions and how does she come by it?
6. Why are Maturin, Aubrey and Villiers anxiously awaiting Captain Broke's recovery?
7. What does Villiers confide in Maturin and how does he respond?
8. What is the first thing Aubrey does upon arriving back in England?
9. What business does Maturin take care of while in Halifax?
10. What do Maturin and Villiers think about Aubrey's behavior with Smith?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Aubrey is an officer and a gentleman and is therefore accorded more respect and trust even in enemy territory than the common sailor. Discuss the following:
1. Does it seem likely that officers are usually more respectable than enlisted men back then? What about today? Why or why not.
2. Aubrey has an adulterous affair with Amanda Smith in Halifax. Do you think this is how an officer and gentleman comports himself? Why or why not.
3. In the present military in the United States, both officers and enlisted can be held for court martial for adultery or having sexual relations with someone of inferior rank. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with the policy?
4. In the time in which THE SURGEON'S MATE is set, an officer's word was assumed to always be good; whereas a non-officer was not considered trustworthy. What is the flaw in this standard? Do you think it affects them moral and/or morals of non-officers? How?
Essay Topic 2
Villiers leaves Maturin for Johnson, travels to America, and renounces her British citizenship. Throughout this period, Maturin sufferes a fairly deep depression and manages his emotion by withdrawal and opium addiction. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think the use of opium is not regulated as it is today?
2. Do you think it is a more or less enlightened society that regulates personal drug use? Explain.
3. Do you think the execution of Maturin's duties are compromised by his frequent use of opium? Why or why not? Give examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
During this era when the book takes place, if a vessel under the command of a naval officer captures another vessel from a country with whom they are warring or captures a pirate vessel, etc...the crew of the victorious vessel shares in the goods, money and value of the vessel. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think the British had such a policy in place then?
2. What are the possible abuses that can arise from such a policy?
3. Why do you think this policy is eventually abandoned?
4. Which vessel(s) are mentioned in THE SURGEON'S MATE that fall under this maritime law and what are the circumstances of their capture? Does it seem fair?
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