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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. Where are Hornblower, Hooper and several others invited to dine?
(a) Aboard Ramsbottom's yacht.
(b) At the Gentleman's club to which Ramsbottom belongs.
(c) At an invitations-only dining restaurant.
(d) At Ramsbottom's rented mansion in Jamaica.

2. What is the name of Ramsbottom's yacht?
(a) Abydos Lost.
(b) Bride of Abydos.
(c) Bride of Frankenstein.
(d) Abydos Found.

3. How is Ramsbottom behaving emotionally when Hornblower encounters him?
(a) Grieving the death of Bolívar.
(b) Uncommunicative.
(c) Joyful but nearly hysterical.
(d) Despondent.

4. How does Spendlove escape?
(a) He bribes a guard.
(b) He tells Johnson he will bring back large sums of money.
(c) He does not escape.
(d) He jumps into the water and swims to Montego Bay and then rides a horse.

5. What do the circulars say that are dispatched to various authorities?
(a) That the Dutch are in violation of international law.
(b) That the Spanish are in violation of international law.
(c) That the English have decided to support Bolívar.
(d) The putative English blockade of Venezuela is nothing more than a ruse de guerre perpetrated by Ramsbottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is Hooper furious?

2. What does Hornblower offer?

3. How does Lucy Hough greet Hornblower?

4. What does Hornblower figure out that Ramsbottom has been doing?

5. What do Hornblower and Ramsbottom spend several evenings doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dinner aboard the Bride of Abydos and the new "invention" that may revolutionize shipboard fare.

2. What do the pirates decide to do about the delivery of the letter and how does Hornblower react?

3. Describe Charles Ramsbottom.

4. Who does Hornblower meet ashore at Puerto Cabello and what ensues while Hornblower is ashore?

5. Describe the area where Hornblower and Spendlove are being held.

6. What happens immediately upon Hornblower's return that is disconcerting to him?

7. What does Hornblower do once he reaches Puerto Cabello?

8. Who has kidnapped Hornblower and Spendlove and what are the demands?

9. Describe the strike on the pirate's redoubt and the outcome.

10. Describe Ned Johnson.

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