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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is The Yellow Admiral set?

2. Stephen inspects whose wounds from the boxing match aboard the ship in Chapter 4?

3. Stephen asks who if the boxing match was fair in Chapter 3?

4. What ship does Captain Dundas command?

5. In the end of Chapter 3, Sophie gives Jack the orders packet and he says he and Stephen will leave for where the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the response Jack receives upon returning home after the Parliamentary vote in Chapter 3? What is next on his agenda?

2. What does Jack learn of Stephen's whereabouts after the Bellona's repairs in Chapter 7?

3. Where before Chapter 4 was Stephen Maturin referenced as being involved in intelligence?

4. What similarities do Jack and Stephen share? How are these revealed in Chapter 2?

5. When does Jack plan to depart in the Surprise in Chapter 10? Who has he met to discuss his departure?

6. Where are Jack Aubrey and his wife when the author first reveals them in the novel? What is their financial situation like?

7. What is the state of the crew once the weather clears in Chapter 5? When does the battle begin?

8. What does the schoolmaster teach his students on board the Bellona in Chapter 6? Why?

9. What does Stephen reveal to Jack about his position in the Navy in Chapter 8?

10. Who does Stephen discuss boxing with in Chapter 3? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sir Joseph Blaine's assessment of Jack Aubrey's situation with Admiral Stranraer. How would Jack go about getting a flag, despite the admiral's negative dispatches?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character Stephen Maturin. How old is Maturin? How is his daughter disabled? How long has he been friends with the protagonist? What role does he serve in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the battle stories shared by the officers and crew aboard the Bellona. What do these stories add to the tone of the narrative? What information do the stories reveal?

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