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

2. Where does the Crab intercept the Daring?
(a) At Cuba's harbor of Guantanamo.
(b) On the open seas.
(c) At Port-au-Prince.
(d) At Freeport.

3. How does Hornblower's flagship reach New Orleans?
(a) Via a sail tug.
(b) Under its own sail.
(c) It doesn't; it stays out in deeper waters.
(d) Via a steam tug.

4. What legend does Hornblower recall upon hearing the news from the governor?
(a) The legend of Julian of Norwich.
(b) The legend of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
(c) The legend of Napoleon's youth.
(d) The legend of Napoleon's birth.

5. To what is the sea anchor attached?
(a) The sunken ship.
(b) The cone.
(c) To the rudder pintle of the Estrella del Sur.
(d) The Clorinda's rudder pintle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hornblower's position as the novel opens?

3. Ultimately, what happens to the Estrella?

4. How do Hornblower and Fell differ in their opinion of the situation?

5. What does Hornblower intend to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Fell and Hornblower differ on whether the Estrella's capture is still possible and why would that be so devastating to Fell? What does Hornblower decide to do?

3. Who does Rear Admiral Hornblower talk with and what are the main topics of discussion?

4. What does Hornblower tell Cambronne when Hornblower boards the Daring?

5. Where has Cambronne actually gone and what prevents Hornblower from following him immediately?

6. Describe the vessel Hornblower's flagship spies.

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

8. What vessel has Hornblower made his flagship in this chapter and what is the vessel doing?

9. How large is the fleet Rear Admiral Hornblower commands and why is his flagship one of the lesser vessels?

10. How does Cambronne verify Hornblower's information and what is the reaction of Cambronne and the ship's crew?

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