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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.
(b) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.
(c) He asks Hornblower.
(d) He calculates their position using the stars.

2. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?
(a) An old shipmate.
(b) Another passenger.
(c) His servant Brown who brings tea.
(d) Some of Freeman's officers.

3. What does the crew of the Flame want?
(a) Shore leave as they are on the ship for over a year.
(b) A fair share of the prize money taken by their sister ship, the Porta Coeli.
(c) A commendation for their Captain for services above and beyond.
(d) A full pardon and a trial for Lieutenant Chadwick.

4. Who is the Duke d'Angoulême's wife?
(a) The illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Cumberland and Anne Horton.
(b) The niece of the English Prime Minister, William Pitt.
(c) The daughter of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette.
(d) The daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

5. What does Hornblower do with the Flame's mutinous crew?
(a) He pardons forty of them.
(b) He has them all imprisoned in the brig.
(c) He sends them all back to the England for a court martial.
(d) He puts them back under Lieutenant Chadwick's control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hornblower go first with his royal guest?

2. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?

3. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?

4. What does Hornblower have to do with the mutineers who aren't pardoned?

5. What does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?

(see the answer key)

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