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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the midshipmen feel about their class on spherical trigonometry?
(a) They think it's exciting.
(b) They like it.
(c) They have no opinion.
(d) They find it boring.

2. Who greets the arrival of Fox enthusiastically at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Governor Matterhorn.
(b) Governor Raffles.
(c) Admiral Hinesby.
(d) Commander Porter.

3. About what subject are the diplomats ignorant?
(a) Maritime practice and precedent.
(b) How to travel inconspicuously.
(c) Military traditions on land.
(d) Eating habits on ship.

4. What does Aubrey do daily concerning the ocean's waters?
(a) Charting the various color zones.
(b) Charting the currents.
(c) Taking daily saline readings.
(d) Taking daily temperature readings.

5. For what type of research is Van Buren known?
(a) His work on human brains.
(b) His work on whales and dolphins.
(c) His work on the circulatory system in mammals.
(d) His work on mammalian spleens.

6. What does the delegation find out about the French at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The French have already arrived in Pulo Prabang.
(b) The French decided not to send a delegation.
(c) They don't find out anything about the French.
(d) The French's delegation ship sank.

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

8. How much variation is there on the Diane as the sailing days continue?
(a) Little variation.
(b) There was days of no variation with different days between.
(c) The routine is different everyday.
(d) Each man's routine changed every six hours.

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

10. How does Aubrey find the group of diplomats?
(a) Willing to learn about the ship.
(b) Irritating in an ambiguous way.
(c) Ignorant but enthusiastic.
(d) Interesting.

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

12. What kind of response does Diane have to sailing?
(a) About ordinary.
(b) Extremely fast and responsive but rides too low.
(c) Sluggish.
(d) Lively.

13. How do the new group of diplomats seem to Maturin?
(a) Exciting and good conversationalist.
(b) Trustworthy and diligent.
(c) Obnoxious but interesting.
(d) Boring, conceited and obnoxious.

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

15. Where is the Buddhist monastery Maturin visits?
(a) Napoli.
(b) Yupalo.
(c) Kumai.
(d) Lapai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dumesnil tell Aubrey about the Cornelie?

2. What does Abdul demand from Fox?

3. What is the primary reason Maturin contacts Van Buren?

4. What two types of animals does Maturin particularly enjoy watching at the monastery?

5. What do Aubrey and Maturin learn about banks in England?

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