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

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

3. Who does Hornblower meet on shore after he captures an important prisoner?
(a) Essay.
(b) Esses.
(c) Essex.
(d) Essen.

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

5. What percentage of his men does Hornblower have enter the blocked dock with him?
(a) One-fifth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-twentieth.
(d) One-tenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Braun plan to do at the dinner with Wychwood?

2. What title does the man hold that Hornblower meets on shore after he captures an important prisoner?

3. What flatters Hornblower most about being at the dinner with Wychwood?

4. What time of day does Hornblower enter the dock at his destination after the ball?

5. Where does Hornblower decide to go the day after the ball?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the message Hornblower receives the day after the ball say?

3. What does Hornblower talk about when a pilot comes to take him on shore at Riga?

4. What does Hornblower worry about as he heads to Riga?

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

6. What does Hornblower do to get his bomb ketches in on the action at Riga?

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

8. What is Hornblower's plan of attack when he reaches his destination after his surprise visitor has left?

9. What do the bomb ketches do to help the defenses at Riga when they are made useful?

10. What does Hornblower notice about the siege work of the French at Riga?

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