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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower climb?
(a) The garden wall.
(b) The mast of the Clorinda to show new recruits how to do so.
(c) The balustrade inside the ball room to retrieve a cat.
(d) A dangling rope ladder.

2. What does Hornblower do after lunch?
(a) Talk about politics with Spendlove.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Meet with the governor.
(d) Play cards with Johnson and his men.

3. Who does Hornblower congratulate on the speed of his ship?
(a) The captain of the Estrella del sur.
(b) The captain of the HMS Java.
(c) The captain of the Atlas.
(d) The captain of the Daring.

4. What do the circulars say that are dispatched to various authorities?
(a) That the Dutch are in violation of international law.
(b) That the English have decided to support Bolívar.
(c) That the Spanish are in violation of international law.
(d) The putative English blockade of Venezuela is nothing more than a ruse de guerre perpetrated by Ramsbottom.

5. Where does Hornblower make an official state visit?
(a) Aboard the Estrella del Sur.
(b) At the French embassy.
(c) At the Spanish embassy.
(d) At the government house in San Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Fell always poor?

2. What do the pirates do?

3. What does Hornblower's ship come about as he is cruising the coast?

4. Why does Hornblower read the letter aloud?

5. Who arrives after Hornblower?

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