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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Martin spend a lot of time with the woman?
(a) He knew her through his sister.
(b) He was trying to protect her.
(c) He didn't have a time consuming job on the ship.
(d) He was a surgeon's mate and a reverend.

2. What does Aubrey note after examining Franklin's papers?
(a) It has been stolen.
(b) It is a passenger ship.
(c) It is a privateer.
(d) Legally it is a pirate ship.

3. What nationality is the Franklin?
(a) Spanish.
(b) British.
(c) American.
(d) French.

4. What is the name of the woman who was hidden on the ship?
(a) Maria de la Guierrilo.
(b) Clarissa Harvil.
(c) Priscilla Newton.
(d) Victoria Rawlings.

5. How have the crew members of the Franklin acquired skin lesions?
(a) Not enough Vitamin C.
(b) Wearing pants made of sail canvas.
(c) Stiff and salty clothing.
(d) They don't have skin lesions.

6. What does Franklin do to lighten her load?
(a) Tosses two cannons over board.
(b) Throws out all the seamen's trunks.
(c) Cuts the rope to the spare anchor.
(d) Pumps freshwater into the ocean.

7. Why has West left the Royal Navy?
(a) He has on temporary assignment with Surprise.
(b) He is disgraced.
(c) He wanted to work for himself.
(d) He retired.

8. How does the crew feel about the conditions around Surprise?
(a) Curious.
(b) Excited.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) They have a general foreboding.

9. How does Aubrey refer to Dutourd's ideas?
(a) Stupid and not well thought out.
(b) Revolutionary and bloody.
(c) Pie in the sky.
(d) Interesting and provocative.

10. What is a particular viewpoint of Dutourd that Maturin attacks during dinner?
(a) That he believes humans can establish utopia.
(b) His scorn of the British nobility.
(c) His championing of Rosseau.
(d) His idealist feelings about communism.

11. What did Aubrey make Martin do about the woman who was brought on board the ship?
(a) Take her into his cabin.
(b) Perform a wedding ceremony between her and a crew member.
(c) Have Martin check her for diseases.
(d) Have Martin take her in one of the ship's long boats to shore.

12. From what town do many of the Surprise's old hands come?
(a) Derbytown.
(b) Shelmerston.
(c) London.
(d) New Haven.

13. What does Franklin's hold contain?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Salted fish.
(c) Rocks for ballast.
(d) Valuable cargo.

14. Two subjects that the religious groups from the town in question #50 are at odds about are ____________________.
(a) Infant baptism and polygamy.
(b) Pre-marital sex and war.
(c) Taxes and war.
(d) Polygamy and drinking alcoholic beverages.

15. Who takes over command of Franklin?
(a) Norton.
(b) West.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Grainger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Dutourd about Aubrey's review of his documents?

2. What do the various religious groups' men do when aboard ship?

3. What does Maturin see Martin doing in sick bay?

4. What does Aubrey demand of Dutourd?

5. What is wrong with most of Franklin's crew who aren't injured?

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