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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the present flagship?
(a) The Leopard.
(b) The Crab.
(c) The Java.
(d) The Constitution.

4. What concerns Hornblower about Cambronne's possible destination and purpose?
(a) It could cause Spain to declare war on France and England could be dragged into such action.
(b) It could embroil Europe in a round of costly bloodshed.
(c) It could liberate Barbados from English rule.
(d) It could upset the balance of power in the West Indies.

5. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?
(a) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in Australia.
(b) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in New Zealand.
(c) ommander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the United States.
(d) Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as the sea anchor deploys?

2. What does the Clorinda do?

3. Of what does the Governor remind Hornblower?

4. What cargo does the Estreela del Sur often carry?

5. How does Hornblower's flagship reach New Orleans?

(see the answer key)

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