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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Hornblower afraid of when he hears Dobbs' news?
2. What does Hornblower think of the judgment for the mutineers?
3. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?
4. What does Hornblower demand of the Mayor of Rouen?
5. What does Hornblower do at this point when he notes that their insurgency is at an end?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is LeBrun able to do to make it easier for Hornblower to secure the harbor defenses at Le Havre?
2. What does Hornblower plan to do with the militia sent to bolster Le Havre's defenses? Why?
3. How are Hornblower and the Comte saved from execution?
4. What does Hornblower come to realize about his wife and himself?
5. What is Napoleon Bonaparte's response to Le Havre's liberation? Why?
6. Why doesn't Hornblower go to Vienna with his wife Barbara?
7. With Napoleon in power again, what does Hornblower do?
8. With the wars end, what decision does Barbara make that puts a further strain on her relationship with Hornblower?
9. How is Hornblower captured at the end of the book?
10. Why does Hornblower's decision to go back to France make Brown so happy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How self-aware is Hornblower of his own character traits? Do you think Hornblower develops more fully as a character over the course of this book? How "real" of a person is he? How does he compare to characters in other novels of the period?
Essay Topic 2
Why does C. S. Forester use historical figures and events in his books? How accurate are his depictions?
Essay Topic 3
Describe how Hornblower's feelings towards his wife change throughout this book. How much of this is due to Barbara and how much is it due to Hornblower's own intimacy issues?
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