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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the fleet commander announce concerning Bush?
(a) He is promoted to commander of the vessel Hornblower and he captured.
(b) He will send him to England to be treated by the commander's person physician.
(c) He will recommend the Navy retaining him.
(d) He will retire him with full honors and a stipend.

2. What is the surname of the host?
(a) de Compte.
(b) de Ladon.
(c) de Guerria.
(d) de Bourbon.

3. What does Hornblower observe in the towns through which they pass?
(a) The evidence of war.
(b) The women.
(c) The architecture.
(d) The number of soldiers.

4. What does Hornblower hope about Barbara?
(a) That she mourns his death.
(b) That she is a widow.
(c) That she will wait longer to find another man if her husband dies.
(d) That she is well.

5. What has he not yet told Bush?
(a) That Bush may face life imprisonment in Paris.
(b) That he faces execution along with Hornblower.
(c) That gangrene has set into the stump.
(d) That Bush's wife has died in childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?

2. Why should Hornblower not worry about losing his ship?

3. How long has it taken the men to travel about 400 miles?

4. How does Hornblower try to save Bush from execution?

5. What does Hornblower find envious about Brown?

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