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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Johnson come across to Hornblower?
(a) As an illiterate and ignorant man, scarcely more than a savage idiot.
(b) As a very bright and articulate man.
(c) As a wily fox.
(d) As formal and disapproving.

2. What bay does Hornblower look out over where he is sitting on a rocky ledge?
(a) Hispaneola.
(b) Metriola.
(c) Montego.
(d) Jamaicana.

3. How is Ramsbottom's vessel armed?
(a) Two six-pounder cannons and ten twenty-four-pounder carronades.
(b) Three twenty-four-pounder carronades.
(c) Just two six-pounder cannons.
(d) The vessel is not armed, but there are light arms issued to the crew.

4. Who is Simón Bolívar?
(a) The President of Ecuador.
(b) A revolutionary general and leader.
(c) The rebel leader in Puerto Rico.
(d) The President of Peru.

5. Who is Mr. Hough?
(a) A wealthy local businessman and Jamaican planter.
(b) One of the midshipmen on the Clorinda.
(c) The secretary to the English diplomat in Jamaica.
(d) Hornblower's quartermaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Spendlove escape?

2. Where does Hornblower think he is?

3. What happens to the Helmond's artillery guns?

4. Who is Captain Thomas Fell?

5. What ensures Fell's continued employment?

(see the answer key)

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