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

2. What have the midshipmen been doing with their journals on spherical trigonometry?
(a) Burning some of its sheets.
(b) Throwning sheets of it overboard.
(c) Tearing out the sheets.
(d) Copying each other.

3. Why does Maturin purchase rare types of soil?
(a) To make a sand painting for the Sultan.
(b) To sprinkle on the gangplank for color.
(c) To mix with herbs for medicines.
(d) To make the cannon discharges colorful.

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

5. What is the trail to the monastery called by the locals?
(a) The stairs to heaven.
(b) The 1,000 steps.
(c) The path of the soul.
(d) The ladder of enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fox see much of Maturin?

2. How does Van Buren feel about the French?

3. Why does Fox enlist a group of British diplomats to accompany him to Pulo Prabang?

4. What two bodies does Maturin bring to Van Buren?

5. What does Maturin think of the French presentation to the Sultan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fox do to impress the Sultan? How does Aubrey prepare?

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

3. What does Maturin enjoy at the locale where he spends his leave time?

4. Describe, briefly, the Diane.

5. How is Abjul executed?

6. How does van Buren assist Maturin?

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

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

9. How does the crew work on the Diane and what does Aubrey do with them?

10. Why can't Maturin collect specimens while on leave?

(see the answer keys)

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