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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. How does Aubrey respond to Bertie's orders?
(a) Aubrey is very displeased.
(b) Aubrey is fearful.
(c) Aubrey is puzzled.
(d) Aubrey is very pleased.

2. How did Lady Clonfert find out about Aubrey's command?
(a) She is a friend of the Prime Minister.
(b) The rumor mill.
(c) Her father is Captain of another ship.
(d) Her husband is an admiral.

3. How would Aubrey describe his wife's mother?
(a) Quiet and unassuming.
(b) A gentle soul.
(c) A loudmouthed and overbearing woman.
(d) Sweet but not very bright.

4. Why doesn't Aubrey have a command?
(a) There are more captains than ships.
(b) He is on sick leave.
(c) His ship was sunk.
(d) He is on leave.

5. Of what does McAdam say Clonfert's physical ailments are the result?
(a) Horseback accident as a child.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Mental distress.
(d) Old war wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What imaginary line does Aubrey cross on his way to Mauritius?

2. Where is Captain Aubrey's home?

3. With what does Bertie entrust Aubrey?

4. What does Maturin believe is the basis of the strange personality?

5. What ship has Aubrey been given to command?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Maturin and McAdam do at Cape Town?

2. What does Aubrey have a chance to do?

3. What does the British squadron do to the French, how long does it last and why does it stop?

4. What happens when the squadron goes to Rodriguez and then where do they go and what happens there?

5. What ship joins the squadron? What do the captains discuss? Where does the squadron go when it leaves Cape Town?

6. What do Keating and Aubrey do on La Reunion?

7. With what does Maturin enlist Mr. Cotton's help and how did it go?

8. What is the final conversation between Maturin and McAdam about, what worries Maturin and what does McAdam say?

9. How does Aubrey spend his time at home and how does he feel about being home?

10. Why does Maturin go ashore at Mauritius and what information does he use?

(see the answer keys)

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