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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. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Spends the night with his mistress.
(b) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(c) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.
(d) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.

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

3. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?
(a) Ear infections.
(b) Seasickness.
(c) Fear of heights.
(d) Fear of lightning.

4. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?
(a) One of the topsails rips due to the wind.
(b) The ship is riding with the wind and gets there too quickly.
(c) The ship has to travel leeward, opposite to the direction of the Flame.
(d) The storm is preventing him from walking on deck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the captain of Porta Coeli?

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

3. What does Hornblower notice as he is about to go into battle at Le Havre?

4. As part of Lebrun's scheme, what is Hornblower's task?

5. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?

Short Essay Questions

1. As a midshipman, Hornblower is atypical, why?

2. How does C. S. Forester show that Hornblower has the "common touch" in his interactions with men?

3. How does Captain Bush react to Captain Freeman's talent for reading fortunes?

4. What does the Admiralty do on Hornblower's news of the Flame and the possible surrender of Le Havre?

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

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

7. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush's reaction to Freeman's fortune-telling abilities?

8. What happens to some of the other mutineers from the Flame?

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

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

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