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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 the name of the captain of the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?
(a) Newman.
(b) Nouvant.
(c) Neuville.
(d) Neville.

2. What is the name of the boat that Hornblower uses to approach the Papillon before the attack?
(a) Joyous.
(b) Jelly.
(c) Jingle.
(d) Jolly.

3. What rumors are being spread about the man who joins Hornblower in the place he goes for solitude?
(a) He has a number of wives in different countries.
(b) He is mentally deficient.
(c) He is an escaped convict.
(d) He is a French spy.

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

5. Who is seen in the maintop by the man who joins Hornblower in his place of solitude?
(a) A spy.
(b) The devil.
(c) God.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hornblower ask about the man he is worried about after the attack on the Papillon?

2. What is of utmost importance when the boats are approaching the Papillon before the attack?

3. Who plans the strategic assault on the Papillon?

4. Which of the following is NOT seen by a sailor in the maintop just before the battle with a strange French ship begins?

5. What does Hornblower have the crew do to try and save the captured ship before evacuating it as a lost cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the rules set out for the duel between Simpson and Hornblower?

2. What is Hornblower's part in Captain Pellew's plan to attack the Papillon?

3. What is the Marie Galant carrying, and why is this so shocking to Hornblower?

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

5. What does the crew of the Marie Galant see as they are sailing away from their ship?

6. Where does Hornblower go to get some solitude on the ship, and who joins him sometimes?

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

8. How does Hornblower save Finch's life during the battle with the ship with the strange French sails?

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

10. What happens when the Pique sees the Indefatigable coming towards them and why?

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