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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 alarms Hornblower about the travel?
(a) The bumps that cause Bush terrible agony.
(b) The fact that the people are so hostile to the Englishmen.
(c) The speed at which they are traveling.
(d) The way the French soldiers stay so close to the carriage.

2. What does Hornblower observe about Marie's build?
(a) She is quite heavy.
(b) She is stout.
(c) She is slender like a young woman.
(d) She has a very fetching figure.

3. Why is Hornblower to be transported to Paris?
(a) To be given parole.
(b) To be ransomed.
(c) To stand trial.
(d) To be executed.

4. What is the name of the ship Hornblower loses?
(a) Constitution.
(b) Java.
(c) Sutherland.
(d) Leopard.

5. Where is Captain Horatio Hornblower languishing?
(a) In a Spanish prison.
(b) In a French prison.
(c) In Tahiti.
(d) In a Dutch prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interviews Hornblower?

2. About how far is it to Paris from Rosas?

3. Why are they taken there?

4. What offer by the Count does Hornblower decline?

5. Who does the Count introduce?

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