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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?
(a) An ex-lover.
(b) His ex-governess.
(c) His wife Barbara's best friend.
(d) His son's governess.

2. What is Hornblower afraid of when he hears Dobbs' news?
(a) There is not enough time to put up a defense.
(b) Baron Momas play traitor again and renegotiate with the Bonapartists.
(c) The visiting royal wants to lead the attack.
(d) A prolonged siege at Le Havre.

3. How does Hornblower know the Comte de Graçay?
(a) He is a spy who Hornblower has dealings with before.
(b) He is a prisoner Hornblower captures then ransoms.
(c) He is a friend who shelters Hornblower when he is a fugitive.
(d) He is a good friend of Lord St. Vincent.

4. Why is Hornblower angry at the Duke d'Angoulême?
(a) He makes fun of Captain Bush's memory.
(b) He denies Hornblower's request to go back to England.
(c) He refuses to commute the sentences of the mutineers.
(d) He is found plotting with Le Havre's remaining Bonapartists.

5. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.
(b) Spends the night with his mistress.
(c) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(d) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hornblower and his wife meet at one of the state functions?

2. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush?

3. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?

4. What do the crew of the Flame say in the letter they send to the Admiralty?

5. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?

(see the answer key)

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