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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 Aubrey do at the first stop the Worcester makes?

2. What does Maturin say his wife does brilliantly?

3. What is Pullings' title in the Navy?

4. What is Babbington's title in the Navy?

5. Why do the crew not want to deliver people to destinations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What competition is held on Aubrey's new ship, and who wins?

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

3. What does Maturin do at the clandestine meeting, and why?

4. What does Aubrey think of Mustapha?

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

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

7. Why is Maturin rarely at home?

8. What destroys the Worcester in the end?

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

10. Why is a blockade duty so wearing on a ship and its crew?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harte was a minor character in this book who made a huge impact on the plot. How did he accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had he not been included in the story line?

Essay Topic 2

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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