View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 1 takes place in the office of which top official at the Admiralty in London?

3. Who do Jack and Stephen meet who tells Jack that he has to take the carriage to Wooton in Chapter 3?

4. Who arrives at the office of the Admiral in Chapter 1?

5. After breakfast in Chapter 3, Stephen goes to the coach house to talk with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Jack receive from Lord Keith upon arriving in Funchal in Chapter 10? What are his orders?

2. What do Jack and Stephen overhear while having dinner on deck in Chapter 9? What does this mean to Jack?

3. What happens at the meeting with the Chileans in Chapter 10? What will Jack's job be?

4. What news does Stephen report to Sir Blaine in Chapter 7 regarding the battle?

5. What does Jack say about the inclosure laws to Stephen in Chapter 2? What is inclosure?

6. What conversation does Stephen have with Sir Blaine regarding Jack in Chapter 7?

7. What is Jack's response upon meeting Clarissa in Chapter 3?

8. What does Diana reveal to Stephen about their finances in Chapter 8? What is Stephen's response?

9. What happens to the Bellona once the war has ended in Chapter 10? When does the ship reach land?

10. What does Admiral Stranraer say to Stephen regarding the inclosure policy in Chapter 4?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of infidelity in The Yellow Admiral. How is this theme embodied by the characters, imagery, and actions in the plot?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,411 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample