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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 do both delegations do after several days of preparation?
(a) Throw a large ball.
(b) Make their presentation to the Sultan.
(c) Request to meet with the Sultan.
(d) Get into a rash of duels.

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

3. What does the Sultan announce shortly after the Sultan returns?
(a) The French proposal is accepted.
(b) The English proposal is accepted.
(c) The Spanish proposal is accepted.
(d) Neither proposal is accepted.

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

5. Where does Maturin find the youngest midshipmen and in what condition?
(a) Drunken and reveling in a brothel.
(b) Hiding in the Sultan's palace and drunk.
(c) In a mosque sitting quietly.
(d) High on drugs in an opium den.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of arrangements does Maturin make regarding Pulo Prabang?

2. What has caused the riot in Pulo Prabang that is happening when Maturin returns from the monastery?

3. How is Diane taken out of her predicament with the wind dying?

4. For what is Van Buren widely esteemed?

5. Why does Maturin purchase rare types of soil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aubrey dislike Fox and how does the crew feel about Fox? What does that force on Fox?

2. Where does Maturin go on a leave and how did he get there?

3. What kind of news about the French delegation does Raffles tell Aubrey?

4. What does Fox believe and what does he do about the French delegation?

5. What kind of daily observations does Aubrey take and why does he take them?

6. What kind and number of midshipmen does the Diane have and how does Aubrey handle them?

7. What class do the midshipmen find boring and what do they do about it?

8. What has caused the political riots occurring in Pulo Prabang when Maturin returns on leave?

9. Who is Van Buren and why does Maturin seek him out in Pulo Prabang?

10. Describe, briefly, the Diane.

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