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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fox act towards Maturin after the affair in question #154?
(a) With overly friendly conversation.
(b) With arrogance and hostility.
(c) Angry and belittling.
(d) With great delight.

2. What does the Sultan announce shortly after the Sultan returns?
(a) The English proposal is accepted.
(b) The Spanish proposal is accepted.
(c) Neither proposal is accepted.
(d) The French proposal is accepted.

3. What offer to the French has the Sultan officially rejected?
(a) Offer of safe conduct.
(b) Offer to hear a presentation.
(c) Offer to allow a French embassy.
(d) Offer to align with the French.

4. What do both delegations do after several days of preparation?
(a) Throw a large ball.
(b) Request to meet with the Sultan.
(c) Get into a rash of duels.
(d) Make their presentation to the Sultan.

5. What is the primary reason Maturin contacts Van Buren?
(a) To meet his wife.
(b) To ask him about brain surgery.
(c) To enlist him on the side of the English delegation.
(d) To see his circulatory charts.

6. Why does Maturin purchase rare types of soil?
(a) To make the cannon discharges colorful.
(b) To sprinkle on the gangplank for color.
(c) To make a sand painting for the Sultan.
(d) To mix with herbs for medicines.

7. Why are the English surprised the Sultan is hesitant to accept their offer?
(a) It is superior to the French.
(b) The French have insulted the Sultan.
(c) It was a better presentation.
(d) The Sultan has said he doesn't like Wray.

8. What kind of arrangements does Maturin make regarding Pulo Prabang?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Housing.
(c) Banking.
(d) Supplies.

9. What two types of animals does Maturin particularly enjoy watching at the monastery?
(a) Orangutans and rhinoceroses.
(b) Elephants and chimpanzees.
(c) Jaguars and cheetahs.
(d) Orangutans and hippopotamuses.

10. How do the new group of diplomats seem to Maturin?
(a) Trustworthy and diligent.
(b) Obnoxious but interesting.
(c) Boring, conceited and obnoxious.
(d) Exciting and good conversationalist.

11. What type of demeanor did Fox most exhibit?
(a) Cynical and skeptical.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Haughty.

12. What does Maturin see as the reason for the Sultan's hesitancy towards the English?
(a) Ledward's influence over the cup-bearer.
(b) The Sultan's wife despises Fox.
(c) The Sultan's wife is sleeping with Wray.
(d) The Sultan is interested in one of the French delegation members.

13. How is Abdul executed?
(a) Shot by firing squad.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Quartered with horses.
(d) Peppering.

14. What does Aubrey do daily concerning the ocean's waters?
(a) Charting the currents.
(b) Charting the various color zones.
(c) Taking daily saline readings.
(d) Taking daily temperature readings.

15. For what type of research is Van Buren known?
(a) His work on whales and dolphins.
(b) His work on mammalian spleens.
(c) His work on human brains.
(d) His work on the circulatory system in mammals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of network does Van Buren have?

2. Why was it critical when the wind died near Inaccessible Island?

3. Why did Fox see much of Maturin?

4. How many guns does Diane have?

5. At what function does the British delegation act in grossly flattering ways?

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