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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 does Hornblower hope to do at his next destination after the ball?
(a) Deliver an important message.
(b) Work as a spy.
(c) Obtain news of Napoleon's plans.
(d) Destroy supplies to Napoleon.

2. Who is Hornblower worried will not approve of his actions?
(a) The Admiralty.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Sir Richard.
(d) The Czar.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of maneuver does Hornblower think the French will make on Riga?

2. What does Wychwood take to England with him when he leaves?

3. What keeps Hornblower from being able to use his bomb ketches?

4. Who does Wychwood say is at now at war with France?

5. What kind of boat does Hornblower take to shore when he sees the smoke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower do after the dinner, and what leads him to do this?

2. Who is marching against Russia after the destruction of the Blanchefleur, and how does Hornblower feel about this?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Hornblower see on the coast of Riga, and how does he know what they are?

8. What news does Hornblower hear from England after his plan with the bomb ketches works?

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

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

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