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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Clorinda do?
(a) Fires a few shots across the bow of the Estrella.
(b) Closes quickly.
(c) Starts to close but then also flounders in the heavy seas.
(d) Starts to close but takes a few rounds in the hull causing it to start taking on water.

3. What causes Hornblower to misread Cambronne's pretext for departing the gala?
(a) Sharpe assures Hornblower that Cambronne is being genuine.
(b) Too much wine.
(c) He is laywaid by a beautiful woman.
(d) Hornblower thinks Cambronne is a gentleman and as such would not lie.

4. Ultimately, what happens to the Estrella?
(a) It sinks.
(b) Its captain burns it to the waterline.
(c) It is captured.
(d) It manages to cut the sea anchor and get away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the sea anchor attached?

2. Upon whom does Hornblower decide to keep a close watch?

3. How is Hornblower's composure during the playing out of this drama with the Estrella del Sur?

4. How does Hornblower board the Crab?

5. About how many vessels does Hornblower command?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the capture of the Estrella del Sur by the Clorinda.

2. Describe Fell's decision regarding the Estrella del Sur and the result of the decision.

3. How is Hornblower not up to his usual powers of observation and deduction?

4. If Cambronne is undertaking the mission which Hornblower believes he is doing, why is Hornblower concerned and what does Hornblower determine to do?

5. What is the ostensible reason Cambronne has hired the Daring, and does Hornblower believe the explanation?

6. How does Hornblower discreetly inform Fell of a possible plan to capture the Estrella del Sur and what is Fell's reaction?

7. Who commands the Clorinda and what is his financial situation?

8. What would enable Fell to profit by the capture of the Estrella del Sur and by how much would he profit?

9. What does the governor warn Hornblower about, and how does Hornblower's facile political manipulations set up the captain of the Estrella del Sur?

10. After a period of introspection, what does Hornblower conclude Cambronne's plans are?

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