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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. Why does the First Lord's mention of Stephen Maturin shock and dismay Sir Joseph Blain?
2. How does Mr. Nicolls, the second lieutenant, appear during the inspection?
3. Sophie talks to Maturin in chapter one about the temporary assignment of whom?
4. When supplies run low on H.M.S. Lively, what do some of the crew resort to eating?
5. Why is Jack Aubrey familiar with Port Mahon?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Aubrey learn he is to break station and sail to Minorca?
2. How does Maturin react to the prospect of collecting biological specimens?
3. What set of circumstance allows Aubrey and some of his crew easy access to the French controlled Port Mahon?
4. What is the condition of the prisoner Maturin when Aubrey's crew take him away from the prison?
5. During the meeting of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, why is Sir Joseph Blain worried about the First Lord's mention of Dr. Stephen Maturin?
6. Besides problems with previous debts, what other disadvantage is there for Aubrey when ashore in England?
7. During the inspection, under Aubrey's command, what type of state does he want the vessel to be under?
8. What does Sophie Williams think of Maturin's approach to wooing Diana Villiers?
9. After the planned rendezvous with Maturin at Minorca, what is Captain Aubrey supposed to do concerning the H.M.S. Lively?
10. What prospects of freedom do the freed prisoners have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Diana is a social outcast, but Maturin wants to rehabilitate her reputation. She, at one point, seems to give in to his proposal to save her by marrying him. Examine the motives of each of these characters in this relationship. Is success in this couple doomed from the start? Does either one understand what the other wants?
Essay Topic 2
Early in the novel, the Chinese and Japanese of the crew on the H.M.S. Lively massacre every one of the French men during the engagement near Cape Gooseberry. Aubrey leaves out the details of the violence when he writes to Sophia about the victory. Why do you think the pressed sailors are so brutal? By leaving out the details of the bloodshed, from what is Aubrey trying to protect Sophia? Is the excessive violence due to a cultural difference? What do you think Aubrey has to say about that?
Essay Topic 3
Both Stephen Maturin and Jack Aubrey assert control of their destinies. Maturin has the advantage of fortune, but Aubrey's heroism gains him position as well. What about the two major female characters? Do Sophia and Diana have control over their own fates? How does each woman assert herself?
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