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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. How does Aubrey describe Ismail Bey?

2. Where does Sciahan live?

3. Who owns the Kitabi?

4. Who represents Sciahan when Aubrey gets to his place?

5. Why does Thornton choose to go home after the conflict at the blockade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aubrey do while he waits for the ship of powder to arrive?

2. What kind of illness does Aubrey battle while Maturin is away?

3. Why is Aubrey not able to do what he wanted at Mahon?

4. Why is is so hard for Aubrey to make an agreement with Sciahan at first?

5. How does Aubrey feel when the Worcester is declared as unseawothy?

6. Why does Harte give Aubrey the mission he does when he first takes command of the blockade?

7. Why is it so surprising that Aubrey is able to defeat Mustapha?

8. How are the French able to break through the blockade?

9. What does Mustapha do when he hears Aubrey has aligned himself with Sciahan?

10. What does Aubrey think of Mustapha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting of a ship affect the tone and action of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What is strange about the relationship between Maturin and his wife, and what bearing does this have on his career?

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Patrick O'Brian. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plot?

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