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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the one thing Hornblower had not planned upon?
(a) The the sea anchor would cause the Estrella to keel over so badly.
(b) That the pintle would hold fast.
(c) That the pintle would be completely jerked off the ship.
(d) That there would be so much cargo on the Estrella.

2. Ultimately, what happens to the Estrella?
(a) It sinks.
(b) It is captured.
(c) It manages to cut the sea anchor and get away.
(d) Its captain burns it to the waterline.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the Governor remind Hornblower?

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

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

4. Why is San Juan problematic as far as the capture of Estrella del Sur?

5. What does Hornblower instruct the men of the Crab to do?

(see the answer key)

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