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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Hornblower's ship?
(a) It is torched by the French.
(b) It is torched by the English.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is towed by the English out to sea.

3. How does Brown feel at dinner?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Self-conscious.
(c) Confused.
(d) Relaxed.

4. Why is the coach stopped frequently?
(a) So Bush can rest.
(b) To clear the horses' hooves.
(c) So Hornblower can argue with Caillard.
(d) So the soldiers can clear a way through the forest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Hornblower and Brown have to drag the boat free?

2. Who is commanding the English fleet that is attacking in the harbor?

3. How many years has Brown been in the English navy?

4. What comes easy to Brown?

5. What is the name of the ship Hornblower loses?

(see the answer key)

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