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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clarke say is wrong with the men on his ship when Hornblower greets him?
(a) They all have scurvy.
(b) They have smallpox.
(c) They have cabin fever.
(d) They have the plague.

2. Which country is Hornblower afraid Braun will be biased against?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

3. What country's forces are sure to fire on the ship as they travel through the Sound?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Denmark.

4. Where is Hornblower commanded to go at his earliest convenience at the beginning of the book?
(a) Cheapside.
(b) London.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Smallbridge.

5. Where is Hornblower being sent on his secret mission for the Navy?
(a) The Baltic.
(b) America.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Clarke originally from?

2. What is Hornblower's first name?

3. What peculiar habit do Hornblower and his wife indulge in at the beginning of the book?

4. How does Hornblower feel about Braun when he first meets him?

5. What is the first ship to receive damage while traveling through the Sound?

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