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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Fell always poor?
(a) He maintains an extravagant wife in England.
(b) He was the third son of a Baron and thus inheirits little.
(c) He has ten children to raise.
(d) He has a gambling problem.

2. Of what does Cambronne's cargo consist?
(a) Cannons and pistols.
(b) Slaves and rum.
(c) Muskets, French dress uniforms and military headwear peculiar to the time of Napoleon's greatest influence.
(d) Rum and tobacco.

3. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?
(a) Sharpe assures Hornblower that Cambronne is being genuine.
(b) Hornblower thinks Cambronne is a gentleman and as such would not lie.
(c) He is laywaid by a beautiful woman.
(d) Too much wine.

4. Who is Mr. Cloudesley Sharpe?
(a) His aide-de-camp.
(b) His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General.
(c) The English Diplomat to the United States.
(d) A distant relative of Hornblower who has a merchant fleet docked out of New Orleans.

5. What does Hornblower order Spendlove to do?
(a) Suggest Hornblower's plan to capture the Estrella to Fell.
(b) Board the Estrella as a new hand and plant a bomb belowdecks.
(c) Go ashore and wait for Hornblower's signal.
(d) Board the Estrella and ask for asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of freight will the Daring be taking on shortly?

2. Where does Hornblower direct the Crab to sail?

3. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?

4. Upon whom does Hornblower decide to keep a close watch?

5. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?

(see the answer key)

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