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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has he not yet told Bush?
(a) That Bush may face life imprisonment in Paris.
(b) That he faces execution along with Hornblower.
(c) That Bush's wife has died in childbirth.
(d) That gangrene has set into the stump.

3. What comes easy to Brown?
(a) Letting go of worry.
(b) Reading.
(c) Mastering almost any skill.
(d) Sleep.

4. Why is Bush at a critical stage of his recovery?
(a) He has not been wounded very long.
(b) He is psychologically hoping for death.
(c) The ligatures of arteries still extend beyond the wound and the stump has yet to heal over.
(d) His stump is still bleeding.

5. About what does Hornblower think all night?
(a) Maria.
(b) Death.
(c) His son.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower choose Brown instead of his actual steward to make the journey to Paris with him?

2. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?

3. What is the casualty count for Hornblower's crew?

4. Why does the Colonel decide to go ahead with the transport of Bush and Hornblower despite Bush's injuries?

5. What is remarkable about Hornblower and the battle?

(see the answer key)

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