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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon does Hornblower use to stop Braun from executing his plan at the dinner with Wychwood?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Sword.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Knife.

2. What valuable French asset was destroyed by Hornblower in the blocked dock?
(a) Cannon shot.
(b) Black powder.
(c) Dried meat.
(d) Cattle.

3. Where is Hornblower sent to attack the French after the first bomb ketch attack in Riga?
(a) The flank of their troops.
(b) Up the river.
(c) Across the bay.
(d) In open water.

4. Who attacks Russia shortly after the Blanchefleur is destroyed?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Churchhill.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Stalin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the young man who is ignored at the dinner with Wychwood?

3. Who comes to visit Hornblower's ship under a different name the day after the ball?

4. Who does Hornblower meet on shore after he captures an important prisoner?

5. Where is Hornblower sent after Wychwood's diplomatic trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as Hornblower is rowing to shore at Riga?

2. Where does Hornblower decide to take his flotilla after his surprise visitor leaves?

3. What terrible news is heard at the end of Chapter 21?

4. What do Hornblower and Wychwood talk about when they first meet?

5. What does Cole do at Riga that is looked down on by Hornblower?

6. How does Hornblower treat his surprise visitor the day after the ball, and how is this treatment received?

7. Who is the pale young man at the dinner, and why is he ignored?

8. Where does General Essen take Hornblower when he gets to shore, and how does Hornblower enjoy it?

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

10. How does Hornblower learn about the local feelings about the destruction of the Blanchefleur?

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