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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hornblower in New Orleans?
(a) To pay an official courtesy visit.
(b) To meet up with his wife.
(c) To talk to a French general.
(d) To oversee the construction of a new frigate.

2. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?
(a) Sharpe's good intentions.
(b) The ability of the United States to regulate their merchants.
(c) The mission of the Daring.
(d) The motives of Johnson.

3. Where does Hornblower direct the Crab to sail?
(a) Cape Horn.
(b) The Tobago Channel.
(c) The Straits of Magellan.
(d) St. Helena.

4. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?
(a) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in New Zealand.
(b) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in Australia.
(c) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the United States.
(d) Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies.

5. What does Cambronne bewail?
(a) That Hornblower has figured out Cambronne's plan.
(b) The loss of his cause in Barbardos.
(c) That his wife is captive.
(d) Napoleon's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another topic of discussion between Sharp and Hornblower?

2. What does Hornblower conclude Cambronne intends to do?

3. Who is Mr. Cloudesley Sharpe?

4. What type of freight will the Daring be taking on shortly?

5. Where does the Crab intercept the Daring?

(see the answer key)

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