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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a city on the western coast of France which the English are blockading during the war?

2. After breakfast in Chapter 3, Stephen goes to the coach house to talk with whom?

3. What area located in England is where the Aubreys live?

4. How does Jack feel about the outcome of the vote at the committee meeting in Chapter 3?

5. Many of Jack's wealthy neighbors plan to enclose the common land of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Stephen and Philip Aubrey discuss during their travels in Chapter 8?

2. What news of battle does Captain Reade reveal in Chapter 9?

3. What news does Stephen report to Sir Blaine in Chapter 7 regarding the battle?

4. Who does Stephen discuss boxing with in Chapter 3? Why?

5. What ship does the Bellona encounter in the beginning of Chapter 6? Where?

6. What does Jack learn of Stephen's whereabouts after the Bellona's repairs in Chapter 7?

7. What arrives in the mail in Chapter 3? What does it regard?

8. What is the principle concern of the men during the transfer to the Bellona in Chapter 4?

9. When do Jack and Stephen return home in Chapter 10? How long do they stay?

10. When and where does The Yellow Admiral take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of infidelity in The Yellow Admiral. How is this theme embodied by the characters, imagery, and actions in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the covert nature of Stephen Maturin's work within the Royal Navy. How did Stephen Maturin come to his position as the Spanish adviser? What clues are laid in the text to define Stephen as an intelligence officer?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between Stephen and his wife Diana. How do Stephen and Diana feel about the potential divorce of their friends and relatives, Jack and Sophie? What attempts do they make to absolve the matter? Why?

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