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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the King announce that confuses Hornblower?
(a) That Atropos is to be commanded by someone else.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A reference about Hornblower's command and His Serene Highness.
(d) The flawless funeral procession.

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

3. Where are Hornblower and St. Vincent maneuvered?
(a) To speak in private with Admiral Nelson's widow.
(b) To a smaller group of people.
(c) Out the door to the gardens.
(d) To the balcony overlooking the Thames.

4. What does Hornblower have his crew do?
(a) Help him write out hundreds of orders for individuals.
(b) Scrub the Atropos from stem to stern.
(c) Repaint the Atropos to reflect a change of command.
(d) Mend the sails for getting underway.

5. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?
(a) They are short 20 topmen, water, food, powder and shot.
(b) Half the crew have smallpox.
(c) The Prince has not yet arrived.
(d) Their orders have not yet arrived.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would the overland passage have been that Hornblower just traveled by boat in less than a day?

2. Upon what does payment to Tom Jenkins depend?

3. Where does the Hornblower family board the vessel?

4. Who is His Serene Highness?

5. From where does Hornblower hang his pocket watch?

(see the answer key)

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