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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Tunnel through which the boat goes?
(a) Eaton.
(b) Dunwiddy.
(c) Flewert.
(d) Sapperton.

2. Which canal(s) does the boat go down?
(a) Thames and Severn.
(b) The Severn and Cotswald.
(c) Just the Thames.
(d) Just the Cotswald.

3. Even if Napoleon rules the earth at the moment, what consoles Hornblower?
(a) The seas are up for grabs.
(b) Nothing lasts forever.
(c) England rules the seas.
(d) Napoleon doesn't rule his wife, just like every other man.

4. How does Hornblower get soaked?
(a) By Horrocks throwing bailed water.
(b) By the waves shipping over the gunnels.
(c) By the downpour that comes.
(d) He manages to stay dry.

5. What does the King announce that confuses Hornblower?
(a) That Atropos is to be commanded by someone else.
(b) The flawless funeral procession.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A reference about Hornblower's command and His Serene Highness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is His Serene Highness?

2. What angers some of the onlookers?

3. What will carry the dignitaries during the procession?

4. How long would the overland passage have been that Hornblower just traveled by boat in less than a day?

5. What does Hornblower do at the end of the day of loading Atropos?

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