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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. What famous joke of Aubrey's does Aubrey perpetuate on Maturin?
(a) The weevil joke.
(b) The parrot joke.
(c) The albatross joke.
(d) The Davy Jones' locker joke.
2. Who is Pontet-Canet?
(a) One of the main commanders in the French and Indian wars.
(b) A French officer on board the Constitutioni.
(c) A Frenchman Maturin has seen before.
(d) The steward of the Constitution.
3. At what does Java fail?
(a) Use her men for small arms fire.
(b) Outflank the Constitution.
(c) Get out into open sea.
(d) Close to boarding distance.
4. What is an accurate description of Wallis?
(a) Well-informed and insightful.
(b) A well-meaning, but incompetent person.
(c) Slothful.
(d) A drunk and ne'r do well.
5. Why does Maturin leave the cricket match?
(a) He has to treat a crewmember who is cut up in a fight.
(b) He is called away to assist in preparation of some documents.
(c) He is feeling ill.
(d) He is feeling the need for some laudenum.
Short Answer Questions
1. What game does Maturin believe cricket resembles?
2. Who rescues Aubrey from making a serious faux pas?
3. What do the men do to the food and water in the boat?
4. Who calls upon Wallis?
5. Who is Yorke?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think it means that the officers are paroled and why is this so?
2. What surprises Aubrey once he is quartered at Asclepia?
3. Who is Mrs. Wogan and how does she figure in the previous novel, which is mentioned in the initial chapters of this novel?
4. What are a couple other playful tongue-in-cheek type discussions that firmly entrench the fun tone of the novel?
5. What tone for the novel is set and how is it set by the references to "Abraham"?
6. Why do you think the sailors on board La Flèche do not take the war with the United States very seriously?
7. Why do you think the HMS Leopard is being converted to a transport?
8. What happens at the cricket match when Maturin joins the game and what tone does it set?
9. What answers Aubrey's unspoken question as to why the Captain of the Java does not first engage in long-range gunfire before closing to board?
10. Do you think it would be difficult for the men to stay optimistic if after spotting a ship but they do not see you?
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