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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Last Encounter.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What impresses Marsden about Hornblower?
(a) Hornblower's intelligence and powers of observation.
(b) Hornblower's connections.
(c) Hornblower's keen insight.
(d) Hornblower's willingness to do what needs to be done.
2. What is spotted a few days later?
(a) A sail.
(b) An albatross which is considered bad luck.
(c) A huge pod of dolphins which is considered good luck.
(d) The French fleet.
3. Where does Hotspur run aground?
(a) Black Rock.
(b) It does not run aground.
(c) On the French shore no where close to a town.
(d) Somewhere near Gibraltar.
4. With what is the document sealed that Hornblower delivered to the Admiralty?
(a) The newest seals of the empire.
(b) The emblem of the Duke of Muscovy.
(c) A seal that Napoleon has not used for several years.
(d) The document is not sealed.
5. What does Hornblower debate about doing?
(a) Giving McCool the means of suicide.
(b) How to keep McCool from making a speech at his hanging.
(c) Letting McCool escape.
(d) Drugging McCool so he does not have to be nervous at his hanging.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what ship is Hornblower assigned?
2. Who has signed the document?
3. How old is Hornblower at the opening of this short story?
4. How does Hotspur get off being aground?
5. What is the date at the opening of this short story?
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