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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Martin and Maturin go aboard the Franklin?
(a) To administer medical aid.
(b) To say burial services.
(c) To resupply their medicines.
(d) They didn't go aboard the Franklin.

2. What do the various religious groups' men do when aboard ship?
(a) Worship as Anglicans.
(b) They each have a service once a month.
(c) Each group has a lay minister.
(d) Don't worship at all.

3. Who is Surprise's first lieutenant?
(a) Sam Norton.
(b) Tom Pullings.
(c) Tom Grainger.
(d) Paul West.

4. In what did Martin show an interest after the woman left the ship?
(a) Diagnosis and treatment of syphilis.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Religion.
(d) The psychology of men and women.

5. What does Maturin think happened between the woman and Martin?
(a) They became enemies.
(b) They had some sort of sexual relationship.
(c) They became good friends.
(d) He doesn't think anything happened between them.

6. What does a shot from Franklin do to Surprise?
(a) Breaks the cargo hatch.
(b) Brings down some cordage and spars.
(c) Takes out some of the railing.
(d) Fractures the forecastle mast.

7. Why does Maturin write the letter in question #59?
(a) He uses them as a diary of sorts.
(b) He wants his concerns on record in case somenthing happens to him.
(c) It helps him think.
(d) So Martin's wife will write to him.

8. What does Surprise find out is the source of what was thought to be mortar fire?
(a) Cannon fire from a Spanish galleon.
(b) Fireworks from an island.
(c) A group of meteorites.
(d) Firebombs from a volcano.

9. What do the Franklin and Surprise exchange when close enough?
(a) Carpentry materials.
(b) Trade goods.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Food.

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

11. What is wrong with most of Franklin's crew who aren't injured?
(a) They are drunk.
(b) They don't know how to sail a ship.
(c) Nothing is wrong with them.
(d) They are shell shocked.

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

13. Why does Franklin want to lighten her load?
(a) To gain more speed.
(b) To be able to maneuver better.
(c) To be able to pick up more crew members.
(d) The main mast is damaged.

14. With what is Franklin armed?
(a) It has no armament.
(b) It has five eight pound cannon.
(c) It has two sixteen pounders, one in front, one in back.
(d) Carronades taken from Surprise's ballast.

15. What injures some crew members at the end of Chapter 1?`
(a) A wave that fell on the deck.
(b) Peculiar mortar fire.
(c) A loose spar sail.
(d) Cannon shot from Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey demand of Dutourd?

2. How are the winds behaving by the end of Chapter 1?

3. What does Maturin conclude about Martin?

4. Who takes over command of Franklin?

5. What kind of plant does Maturin wish to obtain a stock for himself?

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