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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Maturin continue to write about Clarissa?
(a) That she is no great beauty.
(b) That she is hiding something.
(c) That he cannot believe she killed someone.
(d) That she reminds him of his sister.

3. What does the scout report?
(a) A safe landing is possible at low tide.
(b) A safe landing is not possible.
(c) There is a quarantine due to an outbreak of the plague.
(d) The Surprise cannot get close, but a boat can get within 100 yards of shore.

4. To whom does Aubrey give his word that there are no stowaways on board?
(a) The military police.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The governor.
(d) The navy admiral stationed in Port Jackson.

5. Who performs the marriage ceremony between Oakes and Clarissa?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) Reverend Nathaniel Martin.
(c) The first mate who happens to also be a preacher.
(d) Maturin.

6. What does Martin accept from Maturin?
(a) A position of shipboard chaplain.
(b) Being dropped at a missionary settlement near Cape Horn.
(c) A position as clergy.
(d) A few pounds to tide him over until he finds a new position.

7. What does Maturin start having about Clarissa?
(a) Misgivings.
(b) Erotic dreams.
(c) Concerns about her health.
(d) Premonitions.

8. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?
(a) A revolt by a penal colony.
(b) A gun runner's ring.
(c) Political difficulties.
(d) A rum runner's ring.

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

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

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

12. What vessel is closing on Surprise?
(a) The HMS Shamrock.
(b) The HMS Leopard.
(c) The HMS Java.
(d) The HMS Éclair.

13. What helps Aubrey get a good night's sleep?
(a) The brisk salt air.
(b) A couple shots of the contraband whiskey.
(c) Re-reading a letter from his wife.
(d) Laudanum.

14. What does Aubrey realize?
(a) The dead crew member just signed on at the last port.
(b) That he has found the source of the crew's apparent high morale.
(c) That the ship must not have been thoroughly checked for rats at the last port.
(d) That the contraband whiskey must have come aboard at the last port call.

15. Who harpoons the creature?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Cassow.
(c) Awkward Davies.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can they not visit the island that Maturin had hoped to see?

2. Where has the other patient which Maturin is examining been?

3. Where is the Surprise ordered?

4. What does Aubrey discover about his land holdings?

5. What happens between Davidge and West?

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