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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to visit Hornblower's ship under a different name the day after the ball?
(a) The Duchess.
(b) The Countess.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The Czar.

2. What month is it when Hornblower reaches his destination after Wychwood heads back to England?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) Spetember.
(d) June.

3. What does Hornblower do for his surprise visitor the day after the ball?
(a) Takes them on a tour of the ship.
(b) Takes them to his personal quarters to have a discussion.
(c) Greets them as a great dignitary.
(d) Orders a fine meal prepared.

4. How many men does Hornblower have enter the blocked dock with him?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 150.
(d) 250.

5. Which ships does Hornblower designate as the escape vessels at the blocked dock?
(a) The sloops.
(b) The merchants.
(c) The bomb ketches.
(d) The armories.

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

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

8. What does Miss Canerine introduce Hornblower to at the dinner?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Caviar.
(c) Patte.
(d) Red Wine.

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

10. Who does Wychwood say is at now at war with France?
(a) Russia.
(b) Sweden.
(c) England.
(d) Prussia.

11. What keeps Hornblower from being able to use his bomb ketches?
(a) Shoaling waters.
(b) French Priximity.
(c) A boom.
(d) A sand bar.

12. What kind of fires are burning on the shore when Hornblower talks about the impossibility of war?
(a) Explosive fire.
(b) Bivouac fires.
(c) Fire from burning ships.
(d) Signal fires.

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

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

15. What does Wychwood take to England with him when he leaves?
(a) Treaties.
(b) Reports.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that gives Hornblower the first signal of a French ship?

2. What is the name of the man who gives Hornblower the first signal of a French ship?

3. Where is Hornblower sent to attack the French after the first bomb ketch attack in Riga?

4. What do the French armies construct as they approach the Russian villages?

5. What is the occupation of the important prisoner Hornblower captures as he heads to shore when he sees the smoke?

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