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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. Who translates between the Baron and Hornblower?
(a) Braun.
(b) Bush.
(c) Brown.
(d) Briggs.

2. What does Hornblower hear as he discusses the impossibility of war?
(a) Singing.
(b) Rifle shots.
(c) Screams.
(d) Cannon fire.

3. What is the name of Hornblower's first mate?
(a) Barnes.
(b) Brigg.
(c) Bush.
(d) Burge.

4. What did Braun plan to use in his plan to disrupt the dinner?
(a) Knives.
(b) His sword.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A rifle.

5. What do the men at dinner with Wychwood talk about?
(a) Politics.
(b) Women.
(c) Money.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Braun from?

3. What country's neutrality is Hornblower hoping will keep him and his ship from heavier fire while traveling through the sound?

4. What is the name of the ship leading the flotilla through the Sound?

5. What kind of ships does Hornblower put on nighttime alert at Riga?

(see the answer key)

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