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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower offer?
(a) To take care of the problem with the pirates.
(b) To sail up the coast and draw the pirates with him.
(c) To go back and set explosives in the caves.
(d) To allow Hooper the use of the Clorinda.

2. How does Hornblower confound the foreign embassies and get them off his ship?
(a) By telling them he will not hesitate to fire upon their vessels.
(b) By giving them many contradictory statements.
(c) Using his command of rhetoric and dialogue.
(d) He is unwilling to speak to the officials when the boat over to the Clorinda.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Barbara sailing out from England?

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

3. What happens as the sea anchor deploys?

4. How is Ramsbottom behaving emotionally when Hornblower encounters him?

5. What is the ideal situation once the Estrella reaches high seas?

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