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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Stephen Maturin report to in his job?
(a) Jack Aubrey.
(b) Captain Griffiths.
(c) Sir Joseph Blaine.
(d) Lord Stranraer.

2. Who won't be attending the fight on Wednesday since he will be attending a committee meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) Barret Bonden.
(b) Captain Griffiths.
(c) Stephen Maturin.
(d) Mr Whewell.

3. Who is Jack's neighbor at Woolcombe?
(a) Stephen Maturin.
(b) Mr Cholmondeley.
(c) Captain Griffiths.
(d) Sir Joseph Blaine.

4. Who scores a knockout in the boxing fight in Chapter 3?
(a) Dundas.
(b) Evans.
(c) Bonden.
(d) Maturin.

5. The man who gives Jack and Stephen directions for an inn in Chapter 4 notes that it is not good for a man in what to be recognized?
(a) Politics.
(b) A carriage.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Bad clothes.

6. What ship does Captain Dundas command?
(a) The Monmouth.
(b) The Berenice.
(c) The Queen Charlotte.
(d) The Ramillies.

7. Chapter 1 takes place in the office of which top official at the Admiralty in London?
(a) Jack Aubrey.
(b) Sir Joseph Blaine.
(c) Captain Griffiths.
(d) Barret Bonden.

8. How does Jack feel about the outcome of the vote at the committee meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) Indiferent.
(c) Sad.
(d) Confident.

9. Who is Great Britain fighting a war against in The Yellow Admiral?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The Ming Dynasty.

10. The Bellona reaches its destination in what conditions in Chapter 5?
(a) Hail.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sunshine.

11. Where do Jack and Stephen ask for directions to an inn for Diana in Chapter 4?
(a) Leathers.
(b) Plumage.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Downy.

12. Who is Jack Aubrey's coxswain?
(a) Preserved Killick.
(b) Barret Bonden.
(c) Mr Callaghan.
(d) Stephen Maturin.

13. Stephen is relieved at what due to the great number of men in sick bay in Chapter 5?
(a) The sight of an albatross.
(b) Getting off the ship.
(c) Better weather.
(d) Seeing land.

14. Stephen asks who if the boxing match was fair in Chapter 3?
(a) Bonden.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Evans.
(d) Dundas.

15. Who is the Captain of the Berenice?
(a) Lord Stranraer.
(b) Captain Heneage Dundas.
(c) Sir Joseph Blaine.
(d) Captain Griffiths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the women send to tell Jack Aubrey not to return home in Chapter 3?

2. What ship do Aubrey and his men transfer to from the Ringle in Chapter 4?

3. Who greets and wants to talk to Stephen about medical procedures for the treatment of wounds on the ship in Chapter 4?

4. What passage do Jack and Stephen pass through as they walk the quarter deck in Chapter 4?

5. Aubrey tells Maturin that inclosure involves a great deal of what in Chapter 3?

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