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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To where has Villiers fled?
(a) Italy.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.
2. How did the prisoners' quarters appear after the storm?
(a) About the same as the rest of the ship.
(b) Clean and neat.
(c) The same as when started.
(d) Vile and filthy.
3. Who is Stephen Maturin?
(a) Sohpie's husband.
(b) A con artist who sells Aubrey a lame horse.
(c) The Duke of Glasson.
(d) A renowned surgeon and natural scientist.
4. Who begins to assist Maturin in sick bay?
(a) Wogan.
(b) Grant.
(c) Martin.
(d) Herapath.
5. What does Aubrey do about the peeping hole?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Uses it himself.
(c) Puts a stop to it.
(d) Tells Maturin he can use it for spying activities.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Aubrey doing as the novel opens?
2. Who is Mrs. Williams?
3. What does Maturin say in his journal about Herapath?
4. What does Maturin manipulate Herapath into doing?
5. What did Villiers leave Maturin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Maturin decide he must do over the Villiers affair and what does he do?
2. Why has Villiers left her home?
3. Who is Lieutenant Grant and what is Aubrey's problem with him?
4. Grant subtly but constantly criticizes Aubrey's handling of the ship--an irritating trait in any man but particularly when directed at such an obvious nautical genius as Aubrey. Why do you think Grant continues to criticize a captain who is obviously a superior seaman?
5. With whom is Maturin enamored and how is that going for him?
6. What does Maturin receive from Herapath twice and what does he find out?
7. What does Aubrey find when he inspects the prisoners' quarters and what happens when he sees Wogan?
8. What is Sophie doing about Aubrey's excesses?
9. Wogan's viewing of Aubrey's nude body is humorous and a fictional inversion of usual events. Why do you think the scene is an inversion of usual events?
10. What happens when the epidemic hits and who does Herapath replace?
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