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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara do that contributes to the drifting apart of her relationship with Hornblower?
(a) She accepts the role of unofficial hostess for England at the Congress.
(b) She asks her brother to commend Hornblower to the Prince Regent.
(c) She refuses to stay in Le Havre and leaves for England.
(d) She refuses to sleep with Hornblower.

2. Why does a militia arrive in Le Havre?
(a) They are on leave.
(b) They are on their way to the front.
(c) They are retreating from the front.
(d) To bolster the defenses.

3. Where does Hornblower send the Porta Coeli as part of his plan for the militia?
(a) Upriver from Le Havre to a place called Caudebec.
(b) Up the Seine River further into France.
(c) Back to England for reinforcements.
(d) To Spain to deliver a message to General Blücher.

4. In opposing Napoleon, what do the Comte and his followers become?
(a) The essential southern offensive.
(b) Fugitives fighting a guerilla action.
(c) The best spy network in France.
(d) Recruiters training a new army of resistance.

5. What does placards promise for the Comte's followers?
(a) Clemency for all who are deserted.
(b) Death for all.
(c) Transportation to a penal colony if they don't give themselves up.
(d) Imprisonment if they don't give themselves up.

6. What does Hornblower demand of the Mayor of Rouen?
(a) Declare the town for King Louis.
(b) Pay ransom for his town.
(c) Help set a trap for Bonaparte.
(d) Quit and leave town.

7. Why does Hornblower find the visit by the French royal sent to Le Havre annoying?
(a) He meets the VIP before and isn't impressed.
(b) He hates pomp and circumstance and protocol.
(c) He doesn't want the VIP to interfere with how he is running things in Le Havre.
(d) He thinks England is sending the wrong person.

8. What is the first indication that things are not going well for the attack force sent to fight Napoleon's troops?
(a) Hornblower is woken up in the middle of the night and told of a huge explosion.
(b) A French citizen gives Hornblower an eye-witness account of a massacre.
(c) A deserter is caught and says the attackers are wiped out.
(d) Captain Bush comes back with what's left of the attack force.

9. What position does Hornblower assume at Le Havre after the surrender of the town?
(a) President of the newly formed Le Havre trading delegation.
(b) Amicus curiae.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayor.

10. What does Hornblower do when he hears the latest news about Napoleon regaining power?
(a) He leaves the Chateau and go to Nevers.
(b) He leaves for Vienna.
(c) He leaves for Rome.
(d) He leaves for England.

11. Who is the VIP soon to arrive at Le Havre?
(a) A French princess, Thérèse Marie.
(b) A French prince, the Duke d'Angoulême.
(c) The Prince Regent.
(d) A French nobleman, the Comte d'Artois.

12. Why is Hornblower not happy and is awkward with his wife when she visits him at Le Havre?
(a) He is on active duty and is not comfortable having his wife around.
(b) He thinks she is having an affair.
(c) She is embarrassing him by singing his praises to everyone.
(d) She keeps trying to get him to retire and go back to England.

13. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) Makes a last stand in Paris.
(b) Abdicates.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Surrenders.

14. Why is Hornblower particularly upset with the news about Captain Bush?
(a) They can't even find a body to bury.
(b) Captain Bush's negligence costs them the victory.
(c) Hornblower is blamed for the fiasco.
(d) Captain Bush blames Hornblower for his injuries.

15. What does Hornblower end up doing about the mutineers?
(a) He makes a strong recommendation to the Admiralty to have Chadwick share the mutineers' fate.
(b) He writes to the Admiralty asking for leniency on their behalf.
(c) He refuses to sign the court martial papers.
(d) He asks the Duke d'Angoulême to commute their sentences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?

2. Who comes to Le Havre on a surprise visit?

3. Where do they hold the Congress to decide the fate of post-war Europe?

4. Who accompanies Hornblower on this trip to the Chateau de Graçay?

5. What does the Duchess appoint the Comte de Graçay?

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