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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. Who is Wychwood supposed to meet?

2. What does Hornblower have prepared for his surprise visitor's lunch the day after the ball?

3. Who does Hornblower meet on shore after he captures an important prisoner?

4. What does Hornblower do with the filled barges that he connects to the bomb ketches?

5. Where does Hornblower decide to go the day after the ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does General Essen take Hornblower when he gets to shore, and how does Hornblower enjoy it?

2. Who is the pale young man at the dinner, and why is he ignored?

3. Where does Hornblower decide to take his flotilla after his surprise visitor leaves?

4. What does the message Hornblower receives the day after the ball say?

5. What does Hornblower do after the dinner, and what leads him to do this?

6. What does Cole do at Riga that is looked down on by Hornblower?

7. What do Hornblower and Wychwood talk about when they first meet?

8. What does Hornblower discover when he reaches his destination after his surprise visitor has left?

9. How does Hornblower treat his surprise visitor the day after the ball, and how is this treatment received?

10. What does Hornblower worry about as he heads to Riga?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Valor was a theme of this book that was very important to many of the characters involved. Where did this theme of valor present itself and how did these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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