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

2. What effect does the lack of sleep have on Hornblower?
(a) He gets seasick.
(b) He sees confused images in a dreamlike state.
(c) He almost orders the vessel to head in the wrong direction.
(d) He almost loses control of the men.

3. How does Brown feel at dinner?
(a) Self-conscious.
(b) Relaxed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Depressed.

4. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?
(a) Polished and sharpened.
(b) Broken in two.
(c) Polished.
(d) Hilt-less tang and the blade's gilding scraped off.

5. Where does the coach slide?
(a) Off the elevated roadway and almost into the river.
(b) Into Napoleon's carriage.
(c) Into a huge tree.
(d) Into a mud bog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men carefully observe?

2. Who is in charge of the fleet the Triumph and Hornblower's ship rejoins?

3. What convinces Hornblower in his bright future?

4. When they are about 178 miles from Paris, what happens?

5. Who does Hornblower meet?

(see the answer key)

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