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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 Hornblower unwilling to do in his duel with Simpson?
(a) Kill Simpson.
(b) Apologize.
(c) Fight unfairly.
(d) Back out of the duel.

2. What is the name of the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?
(a) Plunder.
(b) Ploy.
(c) Pique.
(d) Panic.

3. What is the first captured ship Hornblower is given command of carrying?
(a) Lead.
(b) Rice.
(c) Beans.
(d) Wheat.

4. What is Hornblower's first name?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Henry.
(c) Horace.
(d) Harry.

5. What was the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant designed to do?
(a) Fight in war.
(b) Race with speed.
(c) Hold slaves.
(d) Transport cattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower accused of while playing the game that the sailors play while Hornblower is on shore for the first time since joining the Navy?

2. What does Hornblower do to quiet Hales as the boats approach the Papillon before the attack?

3. What weapon does Hornblower hold to protect himself against the French men after losing the Marie Galant?

4. Where does Hornblower plan to sail after losing the Marie Galant?

5. Who is seen in the cable tier by the man who joins Hornblower in his place of solitude?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hornblower's part in Captain Pellew's plan to attack the Papillon?

2. What does Hornblower order the crew to do when he knows the ship is lost?

3. Who is given command of the Marie Galant, and what is he told to do with it?

4. What does Hornblower threaten to do when he sees something in the cable tier one night?

5. What does Masters do with the pistols used in the duel between Simpson and Hornblower, and why?

6. What happens to Hales as the boats near the Papillon before the attack?

7. What does Hornblower do when he sees the Indefatigable coming towards the Pique?

8. What is the duty of the Indefatigable out at sea?

9. What does the crew of the Marie Galant see as they are sailing away from their ship?

10. What does Hornblower do when his captured ship starts sailing sluggishly, and what surprising news do they find?

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