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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. What does the narrator say is the better part of valor?

2. What does Maturin call the clandestine rendezvous?

3. What is important for Aubrey to know about the potentates he will be meeting with?

4. What is Aubrey to do after leaving the blockade?

5. What does Aubrey do on the day he meets with Sciahan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What daring move does Aubrey make to defeat Mustapha at the end of the book?

2. How does Davis feel about Aubrey, and why?

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

4. What destroys the Worcester in the end?

5. Why is Aubrey so disappointed when the leaves the harbor where the French Consort was anchored?

6. What do the men on the Worcester think of Aubrey when they leave the harbor where the French consort is anchored?

7. What does Aubrey like about Davis?

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

9. What causes the delay of the powder promised to Sciahan?

10. What news does Harte bring to Aubrey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the inclusion of the theme of loneliness so ironic for this book, and what came of the loneliness felt by the main characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

War is a major theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and what effects does the inclusion of this theme have on the tone and message of the book?

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