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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lord St. Vincent leave the church service?
(a) He is disturbed by news brought to him by a lieutenant.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) He needs to use the facilities.
(d) He forgets another appointment.

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

3. What does Lord St. Vincent tell Hornblower?
(a) Napoleon is on the move with his army.
(b) Mutineers sends a letter to the Admiralty making demands.
(c) His best friend dies.
(d) Hornblower has to stay on land for another month.

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

5. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?
(a) A linen shirt.
(b) A red silk scarf.
(c) A blue belted sash.
(d) An embroidered handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush?

2. Who is the captain of Porta Coeli?

3. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?

4. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris?

5. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does LeBrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris? What does this news suggest about the war?

2. What happens to show Hornblower that the French may be just as tired of the war as the English?

3. Being a sailor is dangerous and hard work, what do sailors expect in terms of monetary rewards?

4. In addition to his rank, Hornblower is also well-connected through other ways, how?

5. Hornblower thinks the mutineers are mistreated, but he still suppresses the mutiny, why?

6. How does C. S. Forester show Hornblower's resourcefulness?

7. What is the point of showing Hornblower's daily bathing ritual?

8. Why does C. S. Forester make Hornblower prone to seasickness?

9. Why is suppressing the mutineers particularly difficult for Hornblower?

10. Other than the prize money, why does Hornblower want to capture the French East India ship?

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