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

2. Where is Aubrey's vessel headed now?
(a) The coast of France.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) Africa.
(d) England.

3. What does Maturin hope to do some day?
(a) Find a native wife at one of the tropical islands.
(b) Visit both places his patients have been.
(c) Study the fauna at the Galapagos.
(d) Have a large enough vessel to sail around the world.

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

5. In what country does Port Jackson lie?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Australia.
(c) Mozambique.
(d) The Ottoman Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has one of the patients that Maturin is examining been?

2. How does Aubrey find the Surprise?

3. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?

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

5. What does Aubrey realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aubrey offer Martin and what is his response?

2. What is Aubrey thinking about as Surprise sails out of Port Jackson?

3. Who are the rowers of the Trulove boat that is sent over to Surprise and what does Aubrey learn from them?

4. What is the story behind Aubrey captaining the Surprise?

5. What does Oakes say about Clarissa one morning and what is Maturin's response?

6. How does Aubrey finally figure out what is wrong with some of his officers and crew and what does he do to handle the situation?

7. About what does Maturin talk to two of his patients in sick bay and what is his response to the conversations?

8. How does Clarissa end up at a penal colony in Australia?

9. What is a bit strange about Surprise's first at-sea inspection?

10. Describe Stephan Maturin.

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