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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is of utmost importance when the boats are approaching the Papillon before the attack?
(a) Diligence.
(b) Courage.
(c) Silence.
(d) Accuracy.

2. What is the first captured ship Hornblower is given command of carrying?
(a) Lead.
(b) Beans.
(c) Rice.
(d) Wheat.

3. When is the devil usually seen by the man who joins Hornblower in his place of solitude?
(a) Early dawn.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon day.
(d) The dogwatch.

4. What are crews called that take captured vessels into port?
(a) Risk crews.
(b) Merchant crews.
(c) Capture crews.
(d) Prize crews.

5. What does Simpson refuse to do to avoid a duel with Hornblower?
(a) Act kindly.
(b) Apologize.
(c) Call Hornblower by his proper name.
(d) Give back Hornblower's stolen goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower unwilling to do in his duel with Simpson?

2. Where does the Papillon first hide from the Indefatigable?

3. How does the man Hornblower is worried about after the Papillon attack really get injured?

4. What is the name of the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?

5. What does Hornblower spend his time doing while on board the ship that finds him after losing the Marie Galant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hornblower's main concern when he is told his part in Captain Pellew's plan to attack the Papillon and what does he do about it?

2. What strange news does Finch tell Hornblower?

3. Why are the men aboard the Justinian so discontented with their lives?

4. Where does Hornblower plan to sail to after losing the Marie Galant?

5. Who is given command of the Marie Galant, and what is he told to do with it?

6. What does Hornblower threaten to do when he sees something in the cable tier one night?

7. What does Hornblower realize as he and his crew are sailing away aboard the Papillon?

8. What does Keene suggest Hornblower to do after his duel with Simpson?

9. What does Hornblower find in the cable tier one night?

10. What is the plan that Captain Pellew concocts to attack the Papillon?

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