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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. Where does Hotspur run aground?
(a) On the French shore no where close to a town.
(b) It does not run aground.
(c) Somewhere near Gibraltar.
(d) Black Rock.

2. What does Hornblower ponder as he is riding in the Princess?
(a) How to ask the captain to come about and drop him off at the closest port.
(b) Whether the captain would give him any of his personal liquor to help his stomach.
(c) His personal future.
(d) How the Princess could be more stable.

3. What does Meadows hope?
(a) That he will get the French vessel as prize money.
(b) That the French ship will lose interest.
(c) That the French ship will be accosted by the English fleet.
(d) That success will help his future.

4. Where does Hornblower invite Meadows to receive the ship's papers?
(a) On the bridge.
(b) On the poop deck.
(c) Aft away from the water transfer activity.
(d) In the captain's quarters.

5. To whom is Hornblower wishing luck at the opening of the novel?
(a) Admiral Nelson.
(b) Admireal Cornwald.
(c) No one.
(d) Lieutenant Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?

2. What is the approximate age of Hotspur's new captain?

3. Why does Hornblower ask permission to talk to Bush?

4. What does Princess do?

5. Who is the Captain of the hoy transferring Hornblower?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Captain Meadows say about Baddlestone when Hornblower asks?

2. What is the outcome of Meadows' court martial?

3. What are Hornblower's thoughts about the Hotspur as the Princess pulls away from the other vessel?

4. Describe Captain Baddlestone.

5. What does Hornblower inform Baddlestone and what is Baddlestone's response?

6. What are Hornblower's quarters like aboard the Princess?

7. What is Captain Meadows' response to Captain Baddlestone's rudeness?

8. What does Baddlestone say about the strategic situation between Villeneuve's fleet and that of Nelson's fleet?

9. Why doesn't the Princess set sail immediately for England and how do the naval officers respond?

10. What bothers Hornblower about what Baddlestone tells Hornblower?

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