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

2. Why would the Sultan not want any French or English bodies found on his land?
(a) It would cause disease.
(b) It would embarrass him.
(c) It is against his religion.
(d) It would start a war.

3. What does Maturin tell Aubrey about the riot?
(a) He needs to get all the British aboard ship.
(b) A suggestion of his was the impetus.
(c) He will get an appointment with the vizier to find out what happened.
(d) It happens all the time in Pulo Prabang.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Diane arrive at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. Why is the Inaccessible Island given that name?

3. How does Aubrey work the crew?

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

5. Why does Maturin bring the bodies in question #149 to Van Buren?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of arrangements does Maturin make in Batavia and why?

3. How is Abjul executed?

4. How does van Buren assist Maturin?

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

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

7. Describe, briefly, the Diane.

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

9. What island does Diane approach when the wind dies and she gets caught in a current?

10. What does Aubrey do with the midshipmen when he allows prostitutes aboard Diane and what do those midshipmen do?

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