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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?
(a) He is still recuperating from his bout of typhus.
(b) He is attending a funeral of a friend at Westminster Abbey.
(c) He is recalled to answer charges of insurbordination.
(d) He is waiting for his ship to be repaired.

3. Who is the captain of His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Captain Bush.
(b) Lieutenant Freeman.
(c) Captain Horatio Hornblower.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick.

4. What does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?
(a) He is relieving Lieutenant Freeman of his command.
(b) They are picking up spies that the Flame captures.
(c) They are on their way to Spain to rescue stranded British soldiers.
(d) That the crew of the Flame mutinies.

5. What does Hornblower do with Sweet's body?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Keeps it in a barrel for transport back to the Admiralty.
(c) Strings it up on the yardman as an example.
(d) Lets it sink into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord St. Vincent tell Hornblower?

2. What happens after Hornblower captures the French gunboat in the battle at Le Havre?

3. What is typical of a crew's share of the prize money from a captured enemy ship?

4. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?

5. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?

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