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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hornblower get angry with himself in Chapter 10?
(a) Hornblower hadn't eaten breakfast and was hungry.
(b) Hornblower let the shot get too hot in the furnace.
(c) Hornblower yelled at his men.
(d) Hornblower's men failed at hitting the first schooner.

2. In his opinion, it is not proper for Bush to feel what for Hornblower, a junior officer?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Pity.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Any admiration or even respect.

3. With what is the Captain restrained?
(a) A canvas strait-jacket leaving only his right arm out.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) A canvas strait-jacket leaving his legs free.
(d) A canvas strait-jacket leaving only his left arm out.

4. What do Bush and Hornblower have to share?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A canteen.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) A map.

5. Admiral Lambert renames La Gaditana the ________.
(a) Clara.
(b) Conquerer.
(c) Renegade.
(d) Retribution.

Short Answer Questions

1. After taking an altitude reading, Hornblower says that he's never been ________________.

2. "D.D." in the ship's books after a shipman's name means _____________.

3. At each corner of the fort there is a small ________.

4. At the end of Chapter 10, how many of the privateers' schooners are destroyed?

5. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.

(see the answer key)

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