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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 does the crew catch?
(a) A swordfish.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A small grey whale.
(d) A great white shark.

2. What does Aubrey host as the Surprise heads for its new assignment?
(a) Dinner for the officers aboard the vessel that delivers the new orders.
(b) A rig climbing contest.
(c) A wedding dinner.
(d) A sword fighting contest.

3. Who is pursuing the Surprise?
(a) An American privateer.
(b) A British cutter.
(c) A French man-of-war.
(d) An American man-of-war.

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

5. For what will they use the harpooned creature?
(a) Bait to catch more fish.
(b) To stuff as a trophy on the outer bulkhead.
(c) To sell at the next port for fresh fruit.
(d) A wedding dinner for Oakes and Clarissa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do before breakfast?

2. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?

3. What happens between Davidge and West?

4. What does Aubrey discover about his land holdings?

5. What does Aubrey decide about Oakes and Clarissa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Surprises orders?

2. What do Aubrey and the crew do to Surprise every morning and why?

3. What do Maturin and Clarissa do during the voyage to Moahu?

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

5. What does Aubrey hope for on his return to England?

6. What ship closes to Surprises and what is its purpose?

7. How does Edward treat Clarissa as she gets older?

8. Why is Clarissa put out onto the streets and what does she do?

9. What strategy do Maturin and Aubrey agree upon despite what misgivings?

10. What does Aubrey say about the dinner later that night to Maturin?

(see the answer keys)

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