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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?
(a) The Flame sends a boat over to negotiate.
(b) The Flame raises sails to meet them.
(c) Another ship appears.
(d) Hornblower gives orders to fire.

2. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?
(a) Jane, a sister of one of Hornblower's shipmates.
(b) Barbara, the Duke of Wellington's sister.
(c) Charlotte, a neighbor.
(d) Maria, his childhood sweetheart.

3. How does the Porta Coeli crew feel about Hornblower?
(a) They think he's too full of himself.
(b) They are in awe of him.
(c) They all hate him.
(d) They have no idea who he is.

4. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?
(a) Sail incognito on a fishing boat.
(b) Use his contacts and hire blockade runners willing to take him.
(c) Pay for passage aboard an American ship to France and then make his way overland.
(d) Sail on the Flame's sister ship.

5. Why is Hornblower's assignment regarding the Flame particularly difficult?
(a) There are a lot of privateers operating nearby.
(b) Spanish privateers are closing in.
(c) The ship is difficult to find as only the general location is known.
(d) The ship needs to be captured by subterfuge or negotiation and not force.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?

2. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?

3. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?

4. Who is the captain of His Majesty's Flame?

5. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?

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