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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 type of ship is the Flame?
(a) East Indian merchant ship.
(b) Eighteen-gun brig.
(c) Twenty-four gun brig.
(d) A French gunboat.

2. How does the Porta Coeli crew react to Hornblower's news about the mutiny on the Flame?
(a) They seem to support Hornblower.
(b) They go on strike.
(c) They start to plan their own mutiny.
(d) They are horrified and start complaining.

3. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?
(a) Meat pies, ale.
(b) Roast chicken, potatoes, watered wine.
(c) Roast beef sandwiches, water.
(d) Cold salt beef, tinned biscuits, claret.

4. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?
(a) Lieutanent Chadwick.
(b) Captain Sawyer.
(c) Harding.
(d) His servant, Brown.

5. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Deliver secret orders to the current captain.
(b) Suppress the mutiny onboard and gain control of the ship.
(c) Take command and go on a covert mission.
(d) Negotiate with the French who capture the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Sovereign of the Order?

2. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

3. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?

4. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?

5. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

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