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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Corbett engages the French by himself?
(a) He is sunk.
(b) Africaine is damaged and captured.
(c) He recaptures two ships.
(d) He sinks three French ships.

2. What arrives in Cape Town that cheers everyone?
(a) Letters from home.
(b) Orders to return to England.
(c) Casks of wine.
(d) Fresh fruits and vegetables.

3. What happens to the Raisonable after the squadron returns to Cape Town?
(a) It's sent to England.
(b) It's sent to French Guinea.
(c) It is retired.
(d) It is scraped.

4. What happens to Maturin during the voyage?
(a) He is dropped overboard.
(b) He gets food poisoning.
(c) He falls out of the rigging.
(d) He breaks his nose.

5. With whom does Aubrey confer?
(a) His wife.
(b) Admiral Jackson.
(c) Other military advisors.
(d) Captain Long.

6. To where does the squadron go when it leaves Cape Town?
(a) La Verdana Island.
(b) The English Channel.
(c) La Reunion.
(d) French Guinea.

7. What do the captains also talk about when making plans?
(a) The next vacant admiral seat.
(b) Wives and children.
(c) Naval discipline.
(d) The Italians joining the French.

8. What does Aubrey do with some of his ships before going to Rodriquez?
(a) Left to blockade the French.
(b) Sent to La Reunion.
(c) Sent to Mauritius.
(d) Sent back to Cape Town.

9. Which ship does Aubrey recapture?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Magicienne.
(c) Sirius.
(d) Africaine.

10. Who commands the Groper?
(a) Billy Stone.
(b) Tom Pullings.
(c) Nate Taylor.
(d) Josh Braden.

11. What did Clonfert finally decide to do?
(a) Return to Cape Town.
(b) Pursue an engagement for himself.
(c) Return to the fleet.
(d) Attack Mauritius.

12. Why are the British ships separated?
(a) They were hit with a new squadron of French ships.
(b) A tidal wave.
(c) They were lost in heavy fog.
(d) A hurricane.

13. Why is the Groper sacrificed?
(a) To blow up the garrison.
(b) To draw the French out.
(c) To take civilians off the island.
(d) To be a temporary breakwater.

14. Who cares for Maturin medically?
(a) Troost.
(b) No one.
(c) Jackson.
(d) McAdam.

15. What has Maturin's propaganda done to the locals?
(a) Has made them run.
(b) Has seeded discontent.
(c) Has caused them to join the army.
(d) Has made them angry at the British.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much laudanum does Maturin use?

2. Why does Maturin receive a huge sum of gold?

3. What happens to the ships in Cape Town?

4. Where is McAdam during the fight with the French?

5. How do the British officials feel about Aubrey's military actions?

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