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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hornblower hear as he discusses the impossibility of war?

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

4. Which ships does Hornblower designate as the escape vessels at the blocked dock?

5. Who attacks Russia shortly after the Blanchefleur is destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Hornblower's plan at the blocked dock work?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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