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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the route of the Hornblower family's vessel?
(a) From Surrey to London.
(b) From Birmingham to London.
(c) From Dover to London.
(d) From Gloucester to London.

2. What is procured at Oxford?
(a) A fresh crew.
(b) Lunch.
(c) An arrest warrant for the drunk teamster.
(d) A room at a plush inn.

3. What does Hornblower realize when he comes aboard the London brig?
(a) That a French prize crew is on board.
(b) That the rigging is tangled.
(c) That there is no one on board.
(d) That the English crew is tied up.

4. What does Hornblower do as soon as Maria is safely situated in their hotel?
(a) Dons his uniform and assumes command of Atropos.
(b) Goes to see the Admiralty.
(c) Goes down to the tavern to have a decent meal.
(d) Takes a nap.

5. What does Hornblower say will happen to the doctor if Eisenbeiss contravenes the mutiny acts?
(a) Eisenbeiss will sit for a court martial.
(b) Eisenbeiss will be dismissed off the ship.
(c) Eisenbeiss will swing from a yardarm.
(d) Hornblower knows he cannot do much to Eisenbeiss.

6. What does Hornblower declare about the men on the London brig?
(a) That they are to be tied up and thrown overboard.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That they can have amnesty.
(d) That they are pirates.

7. What vessel does Hornblower encounter?
(a) The Amelia Jane.
(b) The Cordelie.
(c) The Shannon.
(d) The Binghamton.

8. About what is the oarsman deprecatory?
(a) The Crossroads guard.
(b) London Bridge.
(c) The London tower.
(d) Old Ben.

9. How does Maria respond to the views of London.
(a) She thinks it's is smaller and dirtier than she imagined.
(b) Indifferent as she's been here many times.
(c) She is awestruck.
(d) She is in the cabin with her ill son and not seeing the sights.

10. What does Hornblower do on the lengthy voyage to Gibraltar?
(a) Teach his midshipmen about currents.
(b) Write his memoirs.
(c) Drill his crew.
(d) Study celestial navigation.

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

12. Even if Napoleon rules the earth at the moment, what consoles Hornblower?
(a) The seas are up for grabs.
(b) England rules the seas.
(c) Napoleon doesn't rule his wife, just like every other man.
(d) Nothing lasts forever.

13. Who is Doctor Eisenbeiss?
(a) The King's physician.
(b) The Royal Navy Admiralty's physician.
(c) The new surgeon for the Atropos.
(d) The doctor who treats Hornblower's children's smallpox.

14. What is Hornblower ordered when he finds Collingwood's fleet?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To sail on to Purang Batang.
(c) To take station in the fleet.
(d) To leave McCullum on the flag ship.

15. Who is William McCullum?
(a) Hornblower's brother-in-law.
(b) The wreck master and director of the Coromandel Coast.
(c) The most outstanding midshipman.
(d) Hornblower's second in command.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Hornblower whisper an explanation?

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

3. From where does Hornblower hang his pocket watch?

4. Where will the procession end?

5. What do other ships in the area do?

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