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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is the sea anchor attached?
(a) The sunken ship.
(b) To the rudder pintle of the Estrella del Sur.
(c) The cone.
(d) The Clorinda's rudder pintle.

2. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?
(a) At General Layfayette's estate.
(b) At Cambronne's estate.
(c) At Sharpe's estate.
(d) At the New Orleans officer club.

3. Who is the Estrella del Sur?
(a) The flagship of the Spanish fleet in the West Indies.
(b) A retrofitted English vessel captured during the Napoleonic Wars.
(c) A large schooner capable of exceptional speed.
(d) A retrofitted Spanish vessel that had been Napoleon's flagship.

4. Why is Hornblower in despair?
(a) For not being able to persuade Cambronne to change his course.
(b) For having to threaten the life of a woman.
(c) For giving his word as an officer and gentleman when it was a lie.
(d) For trusting Sharpe as to Cambronne's intentions.

5. How might the political situation between England and the United States be described?
(a) Heated.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Delicate.
(d) Hostile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Sharp and Hornblower are discussing?

2. What does Hornblower instruct the men of the Crab to do?

3. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?

4. What does Cambronne bewail?

5. What does Fell figure he can earn by capturing Estrella del Sur?

(see the answer key)

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