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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hornblower get assistance from the local pilot?
(a) He does not need a pilot.
(b) He threatens him.
(c) He offers him a high position in the English navy.
(d) He offers him a large bribe.

2. Who does the Count introduce?
(a) His daughter-in-law.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His sister.

3. To whom is Marie married?
(a) Charles.
(b) Louis-Marie.
(c) Antoine.
(d) Marcel.

4. What is the year?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1810.

5. What does Hornblower do in the reading room?
(a) Reviews several weeks' worth of newspapers.
(b) Reads the notice of his escape.
(c) Talks with Marie about her life there.
(d) Falls asleep in the chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they are about 178 miles from Paris, what happens?

2. What vessel do the men spot?

3. What happens to his men daily?

4. What happens to Hornblower's ship?

5. How does Hornblower's interviewer act?

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