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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. How many ships does Hornblower put on nigh time alert at Riga?

2. What month is it when Hornblower reaches his destination after Wychwood heads back to England?

3. Who explains land warfare to Hornblower as he observes the attacks on the Russian villages?

4. What kind of fires are burning on the shore when Hornblower talks about the impossibility of war?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hornblower discover when he reaches his destination after his surprise visitor has left?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Braun try to do at the dinner and how is he stopped?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Poverty was a very important theme in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did Forester present the theme in a dynamic way?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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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