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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which canal(s) does the boat go down?
(a) Just the Cotswald.
(b) Thames and Severn.
(c) The Severn and Cotswald.
(d) Just the Thames.

3. What is Hornblower ordered to attend?
(a) A hearing of advisement.
(b) A court martial.
(c) His wife's birthing.
(d) A party hosted by the king.

4. Upon what vessel do Hornblower and his family take passage?
(a) The Queen Anne.
(b) The Queen Mary.
(c) The Queen Elizabeth.
(d) The Queen Charlotte.

5. Where will the procession end?
(a) Buckminister Abby.
(b) Whitehall Steps.
(c) Westminister Cathedral.
(d) St. Thomas Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the boat carry a long scythe blade at her prow?

2. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?

3. What does Hornblower have Horrocks do?

4. What is the name of the Tunnel through which the boat goes?

5. Who forbids Hornblower entrance to the room where the coffin lies in state?

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