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

2. Who is Mr. Cloudesley Sharpe?
(a) A distant relative of Hornblower who has a merchant fleet docked out of New Orleans.
(b) His aide-de-camp.
(c) His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General.
(d) The English Diplomat to the United States.

3. What ensures Fell's continued employment?
(a) Spendlove's recommendation.
(b) The success with the Estrella del Sur.
(c) Hornblower's recommendation.
(d) Nothing, but he has plenty of money now.

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

5. Why is Hornblower in New Orleans?
(a) To pay an official courtesy visit.
(b) To meet up with his wife.
(c) To talk to a French general.
(d) To oversee the construction of a new frigate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a drogue?

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

3. How do the men of the Clorinda construct a large, truncated cone?

4. What happens to the pintle?

5. What does Hornblower intend to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Hornblower encounter the Estrella del Sur's captain and what does Hornblower do?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the cargo of the Daring according to the men of the Crab?

9. 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?

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

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