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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Fielding decline passage aboard the Surprise?
(a) He believes Aubrey is having an affair with his wife.
(b) He is assigned to the Nymphe.
(c) He is not offered passage on the Surprise.
(d) He wants to travel on a faster ship.

2. With whom does the Surprise sail parallel?
(a) The Pollux.
(b) The Leopard.
(c) The Dryad.
(d) The Houghton.

3. How does Aubrey give most of his report?
(a) He does not give a report yet as he wants to catch the spy.
(b) In face-to-face conversation.
(c) In a secret packet to the admiralty in London.
(d) Through what he writes on the Dromedary.

4. About what does Maturin tell Mrs. Fielding?
(a) Of verifying her husband's death.
(b) Of the danger she is in.
(c) Of the fact that Aubrey is in love with her.
(d) Of witnessing someone killing Ponto.

5. What does the Admiral give Aubrey after returning from the failed attempt?
(a) An offer of retirement.
(b) A reprimand.
(c) A desk job.
(d) A new assignment.

6. How does Maturin use the situation with Mrs. Fielding?
(a) To be less lonely.
(b) To learn more about Lesueur.
(c) To stay close to Mrs. Fielding in case her husband is the traitor and Maturin can catch him.
(d) To feed false intelligence information to the French.

7. What causes the crew discomfort?
(a) Bad water.
(b) The constant sand-laden winds.
(c) Sunburns.
(d) The lack of privacy on such a small ship.

8. Upon what criteria are promotions based?
(a) Political connections.
(b) Experience and success.
(c) There are no set criteria.
(d) Social and class standing.

9. Why are the crew's spirits low?
(a) They are ordered back to Mubara.
(b) Because of losing the treasure.
(c) They are ordered to surrender the Niobe.
(d) They are ordered to England.

10. What ship do they find?
(a) A Dutch frigate.
(b) The Leopard.
(c) An Egyptian freighter.
(d) The Dromedary.

11. What is happening to the Surprise?
(a) It is being returned to service with Pullings as captain.
(b) It is being sold out of service.
(c) It is being fitted as a frigate.
(d) It is deemed damaged beyond repair and is going to be sunk.

12. Who seems to take to the desert trek?
(a) No one.
(b) Martin.
(c) Maturin.
(d) Aubrey.

13. What does Maturin think about when he learns of the other ship's earlier return?
(a) He wonders if there is a traitor on the other ship.
(b) He thinks about whether Mr. Fielding is on board.
(c) He wonders if the other ship will register the prize.
(d) He is concerned for Mrs. Fielding's safety.

14. What does the Surprise claim?
(a) The French merchant vessel as a prize.
(b) The French privateer. vessel as a prize.
(c) The American vessel as a prize.
(d) The French frigate as a prize.

15. Why does the boat not make good progress up the Gulf of Suez?
(a) No wind.
(b) Unfavorable winds.
(c) Poor seamanship.
(d) Bad rainstorms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What follows after the squalls?

2. What does Aubrey want for Honey and Maitland?

3. Of what does Dundas complain?

4. What does the First Secretary promise Aubrey?

5. What are the average daily temperatures while at sea?

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