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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. What is Maturin doing on shore?
(a) Having a quiet moment with Villiers.
(b) Finding a minister to marry him and Villiers.
(c) Attending the wounded.
(d) Trying to sleep.

2. What is the name of one of the American schooners that converges on the ship where Maturin, Aubrey and Villiers are?
(a) The Bostonian.
(b) The American Trader.
(c) The Patriot.
(d) The Liberty.

3. About what does Aubrey muse during his and Sophie's reunion?
(a) Illness.
(b) Clocks.
(c) Death.
(d) Children.

4. What news does Smith spread far and wide?
(a) News of the fact that Aubrey was accused of syping in the United States.
(b) News that Aubrey's wife has died and Smith hopes to be his next wife.
(c) News about who Villiers really is.
(d) News of hers and Aubrey's relationship.

5. What does Maturin advise Aubrey?
(a) To take the second vessel carrying the recovering wounded.
(b) To not fret over things he cannot control.
(c) To send his children to boarding school.
(d) To borrow money from his wealthy father-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?

2. How does Smith find Aubrey to be?

3. What do Villiers and Maturin deduce about the pursuit by the two schooners?

4. What does Maturin find irresistible about Villiers?

5. Who is circulating slander about Aubrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers each act once aboard the Diligence?

2. What is one of Villier's prized possessions and how does she come by it?

3. What is Aubrey's homecoming like?

4. How are the HMS Shannon's crew and passengers greeted in Halifax?

5. Describe Jack Aubrey.

6. What did the British intelligence want Maturin to do and why do they no longer need him for the assignment?

7. What is Villiers' reception like at the ball?

8. Describe Stephen Maturin.

9. What is the first thing Aubrey does upon arriving back in England?

10. Describe Amanda Smith.

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