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

2. Why does Aubrey promote two men from the forecastle in Chapter 1?
(a) To replace losses.
(b) They saved the ship.
(c) He likes both of the men.
(d) He had to leave some crew ashore.

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

4. To where does Maturin want to travel?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Boston.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Peru.

5. What does Surprise's crew do about the two ships?
(a) Lashes the two ships together.
(b) Surprise's crew doesn't do anything to Franklin.
(c) Works to repair both of them.
(d) Salvages what is usable off Franklin for Surprise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injures some crew members at the end of Chapter 1?`

2. What does Maturin do to record his observations about Martin?

3. What does Dutourd ignore when aboard the Surprise?

4. What did the woman's presence on board do to the crew?

5. How has Franklin's crew weathered the volcanic eruption?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dutourd behave aboard the Surprise?

2. How does Dutourd conduct himself on board Surprise and how does Aubrey feel about him?

3. What is happening to the ocean and the winds by the end of Chapter 1 and what does Aubrey think of it?

4. What does Surprise do about Franklin after they have made the most urgent repairs?

5. What does Aubrey demand of Dutourd about Franklin and how does the crew of the Surprise feel about it?

6. What kind of region has Surprise sail into in Chapter 2 and what has happened in that region?

7. Why is West on the Surprise and what does he hope to obtain from Aubrey?

8. What is Maturin's relationship to Aubrey and what is his mission?

9. How have the crew fared during the event at the beginning of Chapter 2?

10. What means does Maturin use to think about Martin?

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