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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19, 20, and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do in his room after receiving his orders from Richard Wellesley?
(a) Paces the floor.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Cleans his guns.
(d) Writes to his wife.

2. Where does Hornblower decide to go the day after the ball?
(a) Kornistown.
(b) Konigsburg.
(c) Kongistown.
(d) Klarksburg.

3. Who picks out all the clothes Hornblower wears when he is on land?
(a) His wife.
(b) His servant.
(c) Himself.
(d) His son.

4. What event does Hornblower attend with the Countess and her husband?
(a) The ballet.
(b) The opera.
(c) A play.
(d) A ball.

5. What title does the man hold that Hornblower meets on shore after he captures an important prisoner?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Major.
(c) Commodore.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does this book begin in?

2. How does Hornblower act when he gives orders before traveling through the Sound?

3. What kind of maneuver does Hornblower think the French will make on Riga?

4. What makes it hard for Hornblower to continue searching for the Blanchefleur?

5. What does Hornblower do with the filled barges that he connects to the bomb ketches?

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