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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Aubrey and the scout seem to have?
(a) Similar ways of doing things.
(b) A barely-concealed animosity.
(c) A private understanding.
(d) A good friendship.

2. What port do they depart at the opening of the story?
(a) Port Jackson.
(b) Luxumborg.
(c) Port au Prince.
(d) Haifa.

3. Who smuggles Clarissa on board?
(a) Tom Pullings.
(b) Maturin.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Midshipman William Oakes.

4. What British interests or laws are being threatened?
(a) The slave trade act of 1807.
(b) Fur-trading.
(c) The monopoly on coffee.
(d) The rum import tariff.

5. What color is the bolt of silk which Aubrey has?
(a) Scarlet.
(b) Pale blue.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

6. Who starts visiting Maturin?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Davidge.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Oakes.

7. What is threatening British interests in the area where they are headed?
(a) American influence.
(b) Dutch influence.
(c) French influence.
(d) German influence.

8. For what does the Surprise ready?
(a) An encounter with a hurricane.
(b) An encounter with the 2nd Naval Fleet under Admiral Leighton.
(c) Its first at-sea inspection by the captain.
(d) An encounter with a French war brig.

9. Why can they not visit the island that Maturin had hoped to see?
(a) The natives do not allow it.
(b) Narration does not say why.
(c) There is a hostile takeover by the French there.
(d) The wind is not good.

10. Where is the Surprise ordered?
(a) To the Mediterrean.
(b) To the West Indies.
(c) To some islands off Cape Horn.
(d) To Moahu.

11. What does Aubrey anticipate when he goes back to England?
(a) Learning if his father, who was critically ill, has died.
(b) Finding that his investments have soared.
(c) The birth of his first son.
(d) Posting on a much larger vessel than the one he is currently on.

12. What will happen if Oakes marries Clarissa?
(a) He will be a bigamist.
(b) There will be professional repercussions for Oakes.
(c) He will have to resign his commission.
(d) He will have to leave her at the first port call where there are English.

13. Who is Tom Pullings?
(a) The botswain's mate.
(b) The first mate.
(c) The cook.
(d) The second mate.

14. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?
(a) It is more complicated.
(b) Being at sea he is his own boss.
(c) It is simpler.
(d) It is more exciting.

15. With whom does Aubrey confer in Aubrey's cabin?
(a) Oates.
(b) Pullings.
(c) Jones.
(d) Maturin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What positions do Davidge and West hold on the Surprise?

2. In what does Maturin become involved?

3. What do Aubrey and the crew do every morning?

4. What does Aubrey do before breakfast?

5. What vessel is closing on Surprise?

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