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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of freight will the Daring be taking on shortly?
(a) Comodities.
(b) Guns.
(c) Bonded.
(d) Wine.

2. How do Cambronne's men receive Hornblower's news?
(a) They wail and moan, smash their muskets, and throw them overboard.
(b) They cheer that they don't have to fight.
(c) They shrug since they never like the fact when Cambronne's wife insists on traveling with them.
(d) They want to know if they will still get paid.

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

4. Where does Hornblower attend a gala?
(a) At the New Orleans officer club.
(b) At General Layfayette's estate.
(c) At Sharpe's estate.
(d) At Cambronne's estate.

5. What does Cambronne bewail?
(a) That his wife is captive.
(b) That Hornblower has figured out Cambronne's plan.
(c) Napoleon's death.
(d) The loss of his cause in Barbardos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?

2. What is the name of the present flagship?

3. What is another topic of discussion between Sharp and Hornblower?

4. When Cambronne sets sail, what does he employ?

5. About how many vessels does Hornblower command?

(see the answer key)

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