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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the newspapers that Bush shows Hornblower extol?

2. How does Hornblower visualize his wife?

3. What must the men discard?

4. What does Hornblower learn in a letter from Barbara?

5. What do the men put in their boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower reflect upon about his wife?

2. What is Hornblower's status at the end of Chapter 17 and how does he view his possible future?

3. What happens as the weeks pass with Bush and how does Brown help him?

4. How has the relationship between the three men changed since being on board ship?

5. Why does Hornblower discard his disguise so quickly?

6. What does the Count suggest will be good disguises for the men and how does he help them with the disguise?

7. What are Chapters 16 and 17 used for in this story?

8. What would you say is the purpose of Chapters 11 and 12?

9. What does Hornblower and Bush do with Marie and the Count to help pass the time? How does Bush do with it?

10. What worries Hornblower as the days in the count's house go by? What kind of visions does he have of her and Barbara?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hornblower throughout much of novel is emotionally involved with three different women. Discuss one following:

1. Compare/contrast Hornblower's feelings about Marie versus Maria.

2. Compare/contrast Hornblower's feelings about Marie versus Lady Leighton.

3. Compare/contrast Hornblower's feelings about Maria versus Lady Leighton.

Essay Topic 2

At sea, the commander of a vessel is "God," and failure to obey the Captain's orders can subject one to court martial and even execution. Discuss the following:

1. Should Bush be held accountable for the crime of piracy when he was merely following Hornblower's orders?

2. Why do you think mutiny on a ship is punishable by death?

3. Is there ever a justifiable reason for a crew to mutiny?

Essay Topic 3

Though this novel is probably more action driven rather than character driven, obviously there are several characters who make the novel what it is. Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast Hornblower to Bush.

2. Compare/contrast Brown to Bush.

3. Compare/contrast Hornblower to Brown.

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