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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _____ is made commander of the ship formerly named La Gaditana.
(a) Smith.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Bush.

2. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.
(a) Booth.
(b) Coleman.
(c) Clive.
(d) Hobbs.

3. How many shipmen are on board the Renown?
(a) 740.
(b) 770.
(c) 440.
(d) 704.

4. How many shipmen are killed and wounded during the H.M.S. Renown's defeat at Samaná Bay?
(a) 9 killed; 2 wounded.
(b) 9 killed; 20 wounded.
(c) 20 killed; 9 wounded.
(d) 2 killed; 19 wounded.

5. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.
(a) "Someone must have pushed him."
(b) I do not know, sir."
(c) "I think he tripped on the ladder."
(d) "I think he must have overbalanced."

Short Answer Questions

1. Wellard is a ____________.

2. Hornblower suffers from ________________.

3. To what does the 19th Article pertain?

4. The HMS Renown has ______ guns.

5. Which marine sprains his ankle during the climb?

(see the answer key)

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