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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sailors call a dugong?
(a) A sea serpent.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A merman.
(d) A mermaid.

2. How does Maturin feel about McAdam's alcoholism?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Curious.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Very distasteful.

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

4. What does the squadron do after the ships were separated?
(a) Return to Rodriquez.
(b) Return to Cape Town.
(c) Go to French Guinea.
(d) Return to England.

5. Who captains Iphigenia?
(a) Blakely.
(b) Carson.
(c) Lambert.
(d) Stole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about alcohol and opium do the men argue?

2. What kind of propaganda does Maturin disperse?

3. What does Clonfert claim?

4. About what abstract human characteristic does Maturin ponder?

5. Why does Pym delay a third English frigate?

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