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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucy do when she next sees Hornblower?
(a) Slaps him for abandoning Spendlove.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Gets hysterical and asks about Spendlove.
(d) Admits her love and devotion for him.

2. What bothers Hornblower about Johnson's plan?
(a) The timing having to be so exact.
(b) Abandoning Spendlove.
(c) The governor's response.
(d) Mr. Hough's response.

3. How does Ramsbottom appear physically?
(a) He is unharmed.
(b) He has lost an arm in combat.
(c) He has several minor sword slash wounds but that's all.
(d) He is lying down and almost dead.

4. What does Hornblower do on board the Helmond?
(a) Fires the ship.
(b) Keeps the crew tied up and waits for Ramsbottom.
(c) Assigns a prize crew.
(d) He frees the Dutch crew and turns the ship over to its captain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hornblower learn at Curaçao?

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

4. What does Hornblower climb?

5. What does Hornblower discover about the vessel he boards after talking with the Spanish sailors about Helmond's artillery?

(see the answer key)

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