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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the formality of his wedding make Hornblower feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Alone.
(d) Proud.

2. Why is Hornblower so tense when the Loire is pursuing the Hotspur?
(a) His ship is half the size.
(b) All of these.
(c) He does not know the political status.
(d) He has less than half the cannon power.

3. Where does the admiral want Hornblower to get information after his wedding?
(a) Bourgiac.
(b) Brawn.
(c) Brest.
(d) Barnalle.

4. Hoe many cannons are on the Hotspur?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

5. Who lays the priming charge and fuse?
(a) Cotard.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Bush.
(d) Grimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of jam is in Hornblower's personal stores?

2. What does Hornblower realize he is doing for the first time as he leaves England?

3. Where is Cotard hailed by a guard?

4. How does Hornblower fix the trim of the ship?

5. What does Pellew's ship give to the Hotspur?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower feel about prize money, and how does he communicate this?

2. How does Bush feel when Hornblower knows all about the Loire in the Brest harbor?

3. What does Hornblower find when he goes to punish Grimes?

4. How do the French merchant ships get by the blockade?

5. How does Bush feel when a French merchant vessel sails by, and why?

6. Why does Hornblower lead the assault on the semaphore himself?

7. What gift does Maria give Hornblower before he leaves, and what is this symbolic of?

8. What is found in the package sent by Cornwallis?

9. What does Cornwallis say about the treaty, and what does he plan to do in response to this?

10. How does Hornblower feel right before his wedding, and what does he do?

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