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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives after Hornblower?
(a) Spendlove.
(b) Captain Fell.
(c) No one.
(d) Mr. Hough.

2. What does Hornblower learn from his wife, Barbara, about Ramsbottom?
(a) That Ramsbottom is suspected of running slaves.
(b) Ramsbottom became engaged to the Duke of York's daughter and broke it off, disgracing her.
(c) That Ramsbottom is being considered to be knighted.
(d) Ramsbottom has made a big splash in the English social scene and that the man is a millionaire.

3. What is the Helmond?
(a) A Dutch vessel captured by Ramsbottom.
(b) A Dutch vessel aiding Ramsbottom in a blockade.
(c) A German vessel aiding Ramsbottom in a blockade.
(d) A German vessel captured by Ramsbottom.

4. What happens while Hornblower is in the garden area during the ball?
(a) He encounters the captain of the Estrella who punches him out.
(b) He is surrounded by a group of young women.
(c) He is grabbed, gagged and dragged off at knifepoint.
(d) He faints from the heat.

5. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?
(a) The vessel is full of dead men.
(b) The vessel is manned by insurrgents.
(c) The vessel is full of slaves.
(d) The vessel is abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crew of the Clorinda receive?

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

3. What does Hornblower's ship come about as he is cruising the coast?

4. What happens after Spendlove follows Hornblower's orders?

5. How does Ramsbottom appear physically?

(see the answer key)

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