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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is an English diplomat.
(b) That he is a French spy.
(c) That he is a French general.
(d) That he is a prisoner of war.

2. About what does Hornblower continue to worry?
(a) His position in the Navy.
(b) His wife.
(c) His escape plans.
(d) Why they are no longer searching for them.

3. Who does Hornblower talk to after the English leave?
(a) His first lieutenant.
(b) His guards.
(c) A new prisoner from the latest engagement.
(d) His lawyer.

4. What rank are Bush and Brown?
(a) First mate and Steward.
(b) A First Lieutenant and Coxswain.
(c) First and second mate.
(d) Both midshipmen.

5. How does Hornblower's interviewer act?
(a) Engaging.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Stiff and unyielding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are they taken there?

2. What has he not yet told Bush?

3. When does the Count think it will be safe to escape?

4. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?

5. Of what is Hornblower convicted?

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