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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. What is Brown doing for the first time in his life?
(a) Traveling outside of England.
(b) Eating at a table with china and silverware.
(c) Tending to Bush's wound.
(d) Speaking on equal terms with Hornblower.

2. Of what is Hornblower convicted?
(a) Spying.
(b) Unlawful imprisonment of French citizens.
(c) Unlawful impressment of French citizens.
(d) Piracy.

3. What is remarkable about Hornblower and the battle?
(a) He is able to kill or wound 10 of the French crew himself alone.
(b) He could not see because of an eye injury yet still conducted the battle as commander.
(c) His ship is virtually uninjured.
(d) He escapes uninjured.

4. How is Bush injured?
(a) He loses a foot and three fingers.
(b) He loses one eye and his arm.
(c) He loses a foot.
(d) He is unscathed.

5. Who shares the interviewer's lack of concern for the welfare of those under his supervision?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Leighton.
(c) Suarez.
(d) Hornblower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Hornblower see from his daily walks?

2. How long does Hornblower figure the voyage will take?

3. What does Hornblower see that motivates him to form an escape plan?

4. What alarms Hornblower about the travel?

5. What happens to Hornblower's ship?

(see the answer key)

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