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

2. Who is Lady Barbara Leighton?
(a) His mother.
(b) The wife of his admiral and the love of his life.
(c) His wife's sister.
(d) His wife's mother.

3. Why is Hornblower self-conscious?
(a) Preparing for bed in the presence of other men.
(b) His men's deference.
(c) The deep wound and scarring from a sword cut in the last battle.
(d) The burn on his face.

4. Who interviews Hornblower?
(a) Colonel Jean-Baptiste Caillard.
(b) Admiral Nelson.
(c) Colonel Suarez.
(d) Napoleon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Brown doing for the first time in his life?

3. Why do they go to a house they see in the distance?

4. How does Brown feel at dinner?

5. How are the men received?

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