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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the horse driver doing?
(a) Drinking gin continually.
(b) Cruelly whipping the horses.
(c) Dozing on top of one of the horses.
(d) Singing in a loud voice.

2. How long would the overland passage have been that Hornblower just traveled by boat in less than a day?
(a) 180 miles.
(b) 250 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

3. Whose funeral procession is Hornblower charged with planning?
(a) Admiral Fulton.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Lord Nelson.
(d) Lord Barton.

4. From where has the Prince fled?
(a) A Dutch prison.
(b) The Bastille.
(c) A Spanish prison.
(d) Napoleon's conquest of Europe.

5. How does St. Vincent refer to Hornblower?
(a) As the best sea captain in the Navy.
(b) As his protégé.
(c) As a new father.
(d) As a technical sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower do at the end of the day of loading Atropos?

2. What does Eisenbeiss say is required if McCullum is to live?

3. Why do Hornblower and Tom propel the boat through the tunnel on foot?

4. What does Hornblower order?

5. Where are Hornblower and St. Vincent maneuvered?

(see the answer key)

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