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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?
(a) Too much wine.
(b) He is laywaid by a beautiful woman.
(c) Sharpe assures Hornblower that Cambronne is being genuine.
(d) Hornblower thinks Cambronne is a gentleman and as such would not lie.

2. Who hires the Daring?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Cambronne.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Sharpe.

3. What does the governor tell Hornblower as he makes port?
(a) That Hornblower's wife's boat sank.
(b) That Madam Cambronne is under the protection of the Americans.
(c) That Napoleon has died.
(d) The the Daring sinks with all hands lost.

4. How do Cambronne's men receive Hornblower's news?
(a) They wail and moan, smash their muskets, and throw them overboard.
(b) They cheer that they don't have to fight.
(c) They want to know if they will still get paid.
(d) They shrug since they never like the fact when Cambronne's wife insists on traveling with them.

5. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?
(a) The mission of the Daring.
(b) The motives of Johnson.
(c) Sharpe's good intentions.
(d) The ability of the United States to regulate their merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cambronne say the Daring will now sail?

2. How does Hornblower board the Crab?

3. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne?

4. What does Hornblower intend to do?

5. What does Hornblower conclude Cambronne intends to do?

(see the answer key)

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