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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. Who does Maturin shoot dead?
(a) No one.
(b) Dubreuil.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Villiers.
2. What causes Maturin to flee through the streets of Boston to Villiers' hotel?
(a) He is anxious to tell her he will marry her.
(b) He does not go to see Villiers.
(c) He is again beset with attackers.
(d) He is afraid she is about to be killed.
3. How does George Herapath view the current war?
(a) Justified.
(b) Deplorable and ridiculous.
(c) That it will be short lived.
(d) As an affront to English might.
4. With whom did Villiers abscond a few months earlier?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Michael Herapath.
(c) George Herapath.
(d) Nelson.
5. About what does the Navy department interview Aubrey?
(a) Maturin.
(b) An order that is intercepted by the Americans.
(c) A missive from Admiral Nelson.
(d) Some ancient and rather cryptic notes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Aubrey think about in relation to Broke?
2. About what does Aubrey brood?
3. What does Maturin want from Herapath?
4. What field of study does Maturin recommend George Herapath encourage his son to pursue?
5. What happens to Villiers?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Maturin think Wogan does not know he disseminated bad intelligence and what do you think he should do about it?
2. Why would Maturin and Johnson have a discussion about birds and how does this discussion enhance the playful tone of the novel?
3. What romantic complications add to the complexity of the novel?
4. How does Maturin figure out that he has been identified as the intelligence officer and what is the implication?
5. Why do you think Aubrey feels it is justified to violate his "parole," which he gives as an officer and gentleman?
6. How does Michael Herapath earn a living and why is this odd?
7. What does Maturin do that seems contrary to his work as a doctor?
8. Who is Harry Johnson and what is his connection to Wogan?
9. How does George Herapath's attitude towards Wogan seem ironic or hypocritical?
10. What is Mr. Herapath's task in the scheme to effect an escape for Villiers, Aubrey and Maturin and how does he fail at it? What does this say about Mr. Herapath?
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