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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men of the Clorinda construct a large, truncated cone?
(a) With bailing wire and silk.
(b) With sail cloth and sparring.
(c) With sea sponges.
(d) With bailing wire and wool.

2. Who is Charles Ramsbottom?
(a) Lucy Hough's latest beau.
(b) A very wealthy industrialist who has recently entered society.
(c) Hornblower's third cousin.
(d) A noble turned pirate.

3. Who engages Hooper and Hornblower in animated conversation?
(a) Ramsbottom.
(b) The Portuguese ambassador.
(c) The French ambassador.
(d) Dutch and Spanish ministers.

4. 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.

5. What bay does Hornblower look out over where he is sitting on a rocky ledge?
(a) Montego.
(b) Metriola.
(c) Jamaicana.
(d) Hispaneola.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hooper consider expendable?

2. What concerns Hornblower about Cambronne's possible destination and purpose?

3. What does the Clorinda do?

4. To what is the cone affixed?

5. What is Hornblower's new flagship?

(see the answer key)

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