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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. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?
(a) 13.
(b) 24.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.
2. Who have all taken passage in the same boat?
(a) The old crewmates from Leopard.
(b) All the ship's officers.
(c) All the bosun crew.
(d) The two doctors.
3. What vessel will Aubrey be captaining once he arrives in England?
(a) The York.
(b) The Acasta.
(c) The Northhampton.
(d) The Leopard after its refitting.
4. What war do they learn has erupted?
(a) Between France and Russia.
(b) Between England and the United States of America.
(c) Between England and Russia.
(d) Between France and the United States of America.
5. How does what the Leopard men do help the Java?
(a) They are not just dead weight.
(b) They free up Java's men to board the Constitution.
(c) They can concentrate on long-distance warfare.
(d) It relieves some marines for small-arms work in the fighting tops.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what does Aubrey instruct his midshipmen?
2. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?
3. Where is Aubrey's boat headed?
4. What do the sailors believe when they encounter a vessel?
5. What separates all the life boats from each other?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think is a possible cause of La Flèche catching fire and exploding?
2. Why do you think the HMS Leopard is being converted to a transport?
3. What does Maturin learn that explains the Navy's treatment of Aubrey?
4. What are a couple signs that things are not going well for the men in the boat?
5. Who is Mrs. Wogan and how does she figure in the previous novel, which is mentioned in the initial chapters of this novel?
6. What do you think it means that the officers are paroled and why is this so?
7. Why do the boats become separated and what are the advantages and disadvantages of that happening?
8. What are some events that foreshadow the loss of the La Flèche at the end of Chapter 2?
9. What happens at the cricket match when Maturin joins the game and what tone does it set?
10. What are a couple other playful tongue-in-cheek type discussions that firmly entrench the fun tone of the novel?
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