2. 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.

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

4. Why does Hornblower choose Brown instead of his actual steward to make the journey to Paris with him?
(a) Because Brown speaks French.
(b) Because his steward is too injured to travel.
(c) Because of Brown's powerful build and iron determination.
(d) Because he wished to see his steward released in a prisoner exchange.

5. Why is Hornblower to be transported to Paris?
(a) To be ransomed.
(b) To be executed.
(c) To stand trial.
(d) To be given parole.

6. How many French ships do the English manage to destroy?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

7. Why does the Colonel decide to go ahead with the transport of Bush and Hornblower despite Bush's injuries?
(a) They have a physician to travel with them.
(b) Bush is scheduled for execution so if he dies on the journey, it does not matter.
(c) The Colonel thinks traveling is no worse as languishing in a prison.
(d) They want to execute him on Bastille Day.

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

9. How is Bush in the morning?
(a) His stump is completely healed over.
(b) Feverish.
(c) Much better.
(d) He is near death.

10. How old is Brown?
(a) 17.
(b) 44.
(c) 28.
(d) 21.

11. What offer by the Count does Hornblower decline?
(a) Smuggling him back to England immediately.
(b) To stay there permenantly.
(c) The use of two loaded pistols.
(d) To speak to Napoleon on Hornblower's behalf.

12. Why does the Count live in London?
(a) He is the French diplomat to England.
(b) He loves London.
(c) As an exile.
(d) His wife is English.

13. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is a prisoner of war.
(b) That he is a French spy.
(c) That he is an English diplomat.
(d) That he is a French general.

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

15. When does the Count think it will be safe to escape?
(a) April.
(b) Within a few days when the hunt is abandoned.
(c) A week.
(d) In a few weeks.