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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. For what are the men thankful?
2. Besides his wife, who else has written Maturin?
3. What does Aubrey fear about submitting his report?
4. Why do Maturin and Aubrey want to return to Malta as quickly as possible?
5. What does Aubrey decide to start on the voyage with Surprise?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maturin learn that the galley is not carrying treasure?
2. How does Maturin help to protect Mrs. Fielding and pull off and intelligence coup?
3. Who does the crew encounter while setting up camp?
4. What does Aubrey do after crossing the desert?
5. What does Maturin tell Fielding about his wife and about Maturin's friendship with his wife?
6. Who are Mr. Honey and Mr. Maitland and how does Aubrey help them?
7. Why does Aubrey decide to commence training Mr. Maitland and Mr. Honey?
8. What happens in Mrs. Fielding's home while Maturin sits in the dark awaiting her return?
9. What concerns Aubrey about his failed mission with the treasure ship?
10. How does Mrs. Fielding change the atmosphere on board the Surprise?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Treason's Harbour.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Treason's Harbour. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors and by the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Treason's Harbour. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors and by the action?
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of instances of foreshadowing in Treason's Harbour. For many of those instances, readers will suspect hint at something to come; others, the readers may not be aware until the event which is foreshadowed occurs. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term foreshadow. Why do you think authors foreshadow a future event? What might be a reader's reaction to a sudden tragic or wonderful event if there were no hints whatsoever that it might occur?
2. Find four events that are foreshadowed in previous chapters and pair up the foreshadowing text with the event. Analyze each event to include the following: What is foreshadowed? Is the method O'Brian uses to foreshadow effective? Did you guess when a particular text was foreshadowing a future event? Did you guess what the event is?
3. Along with foreshadowing, symbolism usually plays a role in most works of fiction? How extensive is the use of symbolism in Treason's Harbour? Is there enough symbolism to add depth to the writing? Interest to the writing? Explain your statements with examples.
Essay Topic 3
Often in O'Brian's series involving Jack Aubrey, his ship and/or life is saved by extraordinary means. Discuss the following:
1. Research and define the literary term "narrative contrivance."
2. Identify and analyze a time in the book when O'Brian makes free use of the technique of narrative contrivance to save Aubrey and his ship in Treason's Harbour.
3. Does the use of narrative contrivance diminish the impact of the plot and the believability of the storyline?
4. Is there any other way O'Brian could have a mixture of suspense and action while at the same time making certain the main characters are not killed?
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