2. What is the route of the Hornblower family's vessel?
(a) From Dover to London.
(b) From Gloucester to London.
(c) From Birmingham to London.
(d) From Surrey to London.

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

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

5. How is the boat guided?
(a) By the paddlewheel.
(b) By the way the sails are set.
(c) With a rack and pinion.
(d) By a man at the tiller.

6. What month and year is it that the Atropos sails to Gibraltar?
(a) June, 1810.
(b) September, 1808.
(c) July, 1806.
(d) August, 1804.

7. What fascinates Hornblower on the trip?
(a) The way the sails are manipulated.
(b) The various types of terrain they pass.
(c) The way the scrawny mules are able to pull so much weight.
(d) The way the boat is constructed.

8. Where are Hornblower and St. Vincent maneuvered?
(a) To speak in private with Admiral Nelson's widow.
(b) To a smaller group of people.
(c) To the balcony overlooking the Thames.
(d) Out the door to the gardens.

9. What is parallel to the canal?
(a) A paved road.
(b) A line of trees right along the bank.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A footpath.

10. What does Hornblower order?
(a) His gig lowered.
(b) For the Prince to climb aloft.
(c) For Atropos to head out to open seas.
(d) For the Atropos to maintain absolute silence.

11. What is a wherry?
(a) A cross between a horse and a special type of donkey.
(b) An animal similar to a cow.
(c) A flat ferry barge.
(d) A rowed craft.

12. Who is His Serene Highness?
(a) The Prince of Wales.
(b) The Prince of Austria-Hungary.
(c) The Prince of Seitz-Bunau.
(d) The Prince of the Ottoman Empire.

13. What will carry the dignitaries during the procession?
(a) A series of barges.
(b) They will walk behind the caisson carrying the casket.
(c) The King's carriages.
(d) Some open topped surreys.

14. What does Hornblower take care with as far as the loading is concerned?
(a) That his sailors help the stevedores.
(b) That it is proper so as not to throw off the trim.
(c) That it is done quickly.
(d) That it is completed within a week.

15. What is Lieutenant Jones' full name?
(a) John Jones the Ninth.
(b) Jacob Jones the Eighth.
(c) John James Jones the Second.
(d) Joseph Jones the First.