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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Hornblower's composure during the playing out of this drama with the Estrella del Sur?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Commanding.
(c) Diffident.
(d) Euphoric.

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

3. Who hires the Daring?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Cambronne.

4. What happens to the pintle?
(a) It hold fast.
(b) It slews the ship sideways.
(c) It is jerked out of the hull.
(d) It breaks in two.

5. What does Hornblower intend to do?
(a) Intercept the Daring and have Cambronne silenced.
(b) Send a missive to St. Helena and tell them to be on double guard.
(c) Tender his resignation.
(d) Ask for reassignment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Hornblower and Fell differ in their opinion of the situation?

2. How does Hornblower board the Crab?

3. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?

4. How does Hornblower deliver the lie to Cambronne?

5. To what is the sea anchor attached?

(see the answer key)

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