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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the windless place called that the ship encounters?
(a) The doldrums.
(b) Breeze bay.
(c) Slow water sea.
(d) The stills.

2. Who is the officer Aubrey is having trouble with?
(a) First mate Brown.
(b) Second mate Linemen.
(c) Bosom Parker.
(d) Lt. Grant.

3. Who comes to see Maturin after he returns home?
(a) Sir Joseph Blaine.
(b) Sir Peter Waite.
(c) Lady Jessup.
(d) Admiral Mapleby.

4. What does Maturin say in his journal about Herapath?
(a) That he is rather dumb.
(b) That he is a French spy.
(c) That he will make a good sailor.
(d) That he recently came upon him talking to Wogan.

5. How did the prisoners feel during the storm?
(a) Fine.
(b) They all died.
(c) Very seasick.
(d) Energetic and excited.

6. Who makes accusations against Villiers?
(a) Captain Thigley.
(b) Lord Vassar.
(c) The head of Scotland Yard.
(d) Admiral Sievewright.

7. Of what crime is Villiers accused?
(a) Being a prostitute.
(b) Being a spy.
(c) Being a thief.
(d) Being in debt more than six months old.

8. What does Maturin write about Wogan?
(a) He is slowly gaining her trust.
(b) She is not going to open up to him.
(c) She is not a spy.
(d) He is having an affair with her.

9. Who did the prisoners murder during the storm?
(a) Louisa Wogan.
(b) The first mate.
(c) Two of the guards.
(d) The warden and his assistant.

10. What interrupts the daily routine on the ship Saturday?
(a) Mail call.
(b) A storm.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A punishment.

11. Who is Michael Herapath?
(a) Louisa Wogan's admirer.
(b) Villiers' brother.
(c) Louisa Wogan's father.
(d) Maturin's silent partner.

12. How does Maturin feel about his manipulations of Wogan and Herapath?
(a) Bored.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Successful.

13. Why can't Herapath receive an appointment to his position?
(a) He is an American.
(b) He has never been sworn into the navy.
(c) He is too well educated.
(d) He is French.

14. What does Jack think is Herapath's problem?
(a) Being in love with Wogan.
(b) Being French.
(c) Being American.
(d) Ignorance of a sailor's life.

15. What did Villiers leave Maturin?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A painting of herself.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Maturin find Aubrey busy?

2. Why does Sophie talk Aubrey into keeping the command of Leopard?

3. Why is the officer causing problems?

4. Who is Sophie?

5. What did Wogan kill in her lodgings?

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