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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cambronne say the Daring will now sail?
(a) He's not sure.
(b) To France.
(c) To Bolivia.
(d) To New York to pick up a new cargo.

2. What does the crew of the Clorinda receive?
(a) Promotions.
(b) Time in dry dock.
(c) Citations.
(d) A large bounty.

3. Who is Captain Thomas Fell?
(a) The commander of the HMS Leopard.
(b) The commander of the HMS Java.
(c) The commander of the USS Constitution.
(d) The commander of the Estrella del Sur.

4. How might the political situation between England and the United States be described?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Delicate.
(c) Heated.
(d) Hostile.

5. What does Fell figure he can earn by capturing Estrella del Sur?
(a) Nothing since it's not a slave ship.
(b) A citation and reassignment out of the tropics.
(c) 1000 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

6. What is Hornblower's new flagship?
(a) Atlas.
(b) Java.
(c) Leopard.
(d) Clorinda.

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

8. Who is the Estrella del Sur?
(a) The flagship of the Spanish fleet in the West Indies.
(b) A large schooner capable of exceptional speed.
(c) A retrofitted Spanish vessel that had been Napoleon's flagship.
(d) A retrofitted English vessel captured during the Napoleonic Wars.

9. Of what does Cambronne's cargo consist?
(a) Slaves and rum.
(b) Cannons and pistols.
(c) Muskets, French dress uniforms and military headwear peculiar to the time of Napoleon's greatest influence.
(d) Rum and tobacco.

10. What does Hornblower intend to do?
(a) Intercept the Daring and have Cambronne silenced.
(b) Tender his resignation.
(c) Ask for reassignment.
(d) Send a missive to St. Helena and tell them to be on double guard.

11. What concerns Hornblower about Cambronne's possible destination and purpose?
(a) It could liberate Barbados from English rule.
(b) It could upset the balance of power in the West Indies.
(c) It could embroil Europe in a round of costly bloodshed.
(d) It could cause Spain to declare war on France and England could be dragged into such action.

12. How does Cambronne express his anguish?
(a) He breaks his sword and casts the remnants into the sea.
(b) He shoots himself in the head.
(c) He rips off his uniform's insignia.
(d) He cuts his hair.

13. What does Hornblower conclude Cambronne intends to do?
(a) Aid the rebellion in the West Indies by the slaves.
(b) Attack the British crown colony of Barbados.
(c) Free Napoleon.
(d) Aid the rebellion in Bolivia.

14. What type of freight will the Daring be taking on shortly?
(a) Wine.
(b) Comodities.
(c) Bonded.
(d) Guns.

15. What is one thing Sharp and Hornblower are discussing?
(a) The Napoleonic Wars.
(b) The Boer Wars.
(c) The slave trade.
(d) The Louisiana Purchase.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Cambronne's men receive Hornblower's news?

2. How does Hornblower deliver the lie to Cambronne?

3. Of what is Hornblower suspicious?

4. What was the one thing Hornblower had not planned upon?

5. Ultimately, what happens to the Estrella?

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