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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Aubrey occasionally allow to come aboard the Diane?
(a) Vendors.
(b) Young members of the Sultan's court.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Artists.

2. What kind of arrangements does Maturin make regarding Pulo Prabang?
(a) Housing.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Banking.

3. Why does Maturin bring the bodies in question #149 to Van Buren?
(a) To look at a possible new disease.
(b) To dissect them.
(c) To show him the effects of peppering.
(d) To bury them.

4. How is Diane taken out of her predicament with the wind dying?
(a) Her ship's boats tow her.
(b) The wind came back..
(c) The chasing ship got caught in the bogs.
(d) Diane rode into a leeward current.

5. What has caused the riot in Pulo Prabang that is happening when Maturin returns from the monastery?
(a) The Sultan's wife was kidnapped.
(b) The Sultan's oldest son was kidnapped.
(c) The Sultan's wife has caught the Sultan's catamite with Ledward and Wray.
(d) The Sultan's wife lost her baby.

6. What type of network does Van Buren have?
(a) Extensive number of contacts.
(b) He only knows people in science.
(c) He knows a few people.
(d) He just moved there and knows no one.

7. How did Aubrey and Fox feel towards each other?
(a) Restrained dislike.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Enthusiastic respect.

8. At what function does the British delegation act in grossly flattering ways?
(a) An elaborate dinner party.
(b) A midnight ball.
(c) The Sultan's birthday celebration.
(d) The presentation of the Sultan's new son.

9. For what is Van Buren widely esteemed?
(a) As a firey orator.
(b) As a diplomat.
(c) As a natural philosopher.
(d) As a preeminent surgeon.

10. What does Maturin see as the reason for the Sultan's hesitancy towards the English?
(a) The Sultan is interested in one of the French delegation members.
(b) The Sultan's wife is sleeping with Wray.
(c) Ledward's influence over the cup-bearer.
(d) The Sultan's wife despises Fox.

11. Why does Fox decide to give a tour of Diane to the Sultan?
(a) To scare him.
(b) To show what the English have captured from the French.
(c) To impress him.
(d) To isolate him from the French.

12. How does Aubrey feel about the crew of the Diane?
(a) Dismayed.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Very pleased.

13. Why was it critical when the wind died near Inaccessible Island?
(a) Diane was being chased by a ship from the island.
(b) Diane was caught in the coral reefs.
(c) Diane was in a current that moved towards the island.
(d) Diane was driven away from the island.

14. Why did Fox see much of Maturin?
(a) He liked Maturin.
(b) He was a hypochondriac.
(c) He was an amateur naturalist.
(d) He was interested in medicine.

15. How is Abdul executed?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Peppering.
(c) Quartered with horses.
(d) Shot by firing squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the English surprised the Sultan is hesitant to accept their offer?

2. What was the sailing weather like for the Diane on her way to Pulo Prabang?

3. How do the new group of diplomats seem to Maturin?

4. What does the Sultan announce shortly after the Sultan returns?

5. How do the midshipmen feel about their class on spherical trigonometry?

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