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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the maneuver Hornblower uses on the French called by the Russians?
(a) A flanker.
(b) A sortie.
(c) A skirmish.
(d) A feint.

2. What prevents Hornblower's flotilla from entering the dock at the destination after the ball?
(a) A net.
(b) A giant boom.
(c) A reef.
(d) A sandbar.

3. Who explains land warfare to Hornblower as he observes the attacks on the Russian villages?
(a) Bush.
(b) Diebitsch.
(c) Clausewitz.
(d) Essen.

4. What are the bomb ketches used to destroy at Riga?
(a) The French spy ships.
(b) Prussian Blockades.
(c) The French Saps.
(d) French morale.

5. What causes Hornblower to use poor judgment at the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) He is starteld by the situation with Braun.
(b) He is nervous to be in a public setting.
(c) He has had no sleep for three days.
(d) He drinks too much.

6. What do the French armies construct as they approach the Russian villages?
(a) Saps.
(b) Blockades.
(c) Trenches.
(d) Forts.

7. Where does Hornblower go to observe the movements of the armies at Riga?
(a) A churchtower.
(b) A tall tree.
(c) The mausoleum.
(d) The crow's nest of the ship.

8. Where does Wychwood think Napoleon is planning his next attack after his diplomatic trip?
(a) Frankfort.
(b) London.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Riga.

9. Where is Braun sent after he is stopped from his plan at the dinner by Hornblower?
(a) Prison.
(b) England.
(c) The Brig.
(d) Finland.

10. What kind of maneuver does Hornblower think the French will make on Riga?
(a) Land.
(b) Amphibious.
(c) Scrimmage.
(d) Water.

11. Who is the young man who is ignored at the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Allan.
(c) Alec.
(d) Alexi.

12. What city does the French capture while Hornblower is at Riga?
(a) Serbia.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Konigsburg.
(d) St. Petersburg.

13. What impresses the surprise visitor about Hornblower's ship?
(a) The military strategy.
(b) The cleanliness.
(c) The luxurious cabins.
(d) The cramped spaces and happy men.

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

15. What kind of ships does Hornblower put on nighttime alert at Riga?
(a) Bomb ketchers.
(b) Cutters.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Sloops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of his men does Hornblower have enter the blocked dock with him?

2. What does the dinner with Wychwood consist of?

3. What does Hornblower call the filled barges that he connects to the bomb ketches?

4. What does Wychwood bring back from his diplomatic mission?

5. Where is Diebitsch from?

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