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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Speedwell?
(a) A French privateer.
(b) The flagship of the fleet.
(c) An American privateer.
(d) A ship that needs to be salvaged.

2. What does Hornblower realize when he comes aboard the London brig?
(a) That there is no one on board.
(b) That a French prize crew is on board.
(c) That the rigging is tangled.
(d) That the English crew is tied up.

3. Why does the boat carry a long scythe blade at her prow?
(a) Because her captain is authorized to cut any boat that fails to yield.
(b) To cut through the thick weeds that grow in the water.
(c) To cut the tow lines in an emergency.
(d) In case the boat is attacked.

4. What did Hornblower do as personal penance when he left England?
(a) He spends some of his own money on supplies.
(b) He lodges an official complaint.
(c) He does not say goodbye to Maria.
(d) He spends an extra day with Maria.

5. What is procured at Oxford?
(a) A room at a plush inn.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A fresh crew.
(d) An arrest warrant for the drunk teamster.

6. What fascinates Hornblower on the trip?
(a) The various types of terrain they pass.
(b) The way the sails are manipulated.
(c) The way the scrawny mules are able to pull so much weight.
(d) The way the boat is constructed.

7. Who intervenes between a young man dressed in finery and Hornblower?
(a) The Bishop of Canterbury.
(b) The Earl of West Borough.
(c) Admiral Leighton.
(d) The High Chamberlain to His Serene Highness.

8. What does Hornblower volunteer to do?
(a) Keep the boat safe while the captain goes ashore to find help.
(b) Ride ahead to find some help.
(c) Steer the boat.
(d) Drive the horses.

9. What is discovered about many of the casks of meat on board the Atropos?
(a) They are much better quality than usual.
(b) They are tough, tasteless but useable.
(c) The rats ate them.
(d) They are inedible.

10. Why isn't Hornblower fretting overly much about meeting the King?
(a) Because he has new orders.
(b) Because he knows he looks and feels his best.
(c) Because he has a cold.
(d) Because St. Vincent says he may not even meet the king personally.

11. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?
(a) A parrot.
(b) Four servants.
(c) Extensive baggage.
(d) Four monkeys.

12. Where does the Hornblower family board the vessel?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Essex.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cotswold.

13. What does Hornblower say will happen to the doctor if Eisenbeiss contravenes the mutiny acts?
(a) Eisenbeiss will be dismissed off the ship.
(b) Eisenbeiss will swing from a yardarm.
(c) Hornblower knows he cannot do much to Eisenbeiss.
(d) Eisenbeiss will sit for a court martial.

14. Why do Hornblower and Tom propel the boat through the tunnel on foot?
(a) They need to stretch their legs a bit.
(b) One horse balks at going through the tunnel and then the others do also.
(c) It costs less for the men to use the tunnels than to have horses.
(d) Horses cannot get through the tunnel.

15. How does Maria respond to the views of London.
(a) She is awestruck.
(b) She is in the cabin with her ill son and not seeing the sights.
(c) Indifferent as she's been here many times.
(d) She thinks it's is smaller and dirtier than she imagined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a wherry?

2. What does Hornblower do as soon as Maria is safely situated in their hotel?

3. What is Hornblower missing?

4. How fast does the boat move?

5. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?

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