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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why isn't Hornblower fretting overly much about meeting the King?
(a) Because he has new orders.
(b) Because St. Vincent says he may not even meet the king personally.
(c) Because he has a cold.
(d) Because he knows he looks and feels his best.

4. For what does Hornblower use the down time?
(a) Writing orders.
(b) Drilling his men.
(c) Inspecting the new carronades.
(d) Writing his wife.

5. What is noticed on the floating object?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The tattooed letters ARA.
(c) The number 47.
(d) The number 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Atropos arm his crew?

2. Who is Lord Cuthbert Collingwood?

3. Where will the procession end?

4. Where does Hornblower gain his first view of Atropos?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hornblower's encounter with the Prince of Seitz-Bunau.

2. What happens to cause a crisis for Hornblower and what is his first response?

3. What do the Hornblowers board after the canal board and where does that take them?

4. What is the status of the Atropos when Hornblower questions Lieutenant Jones?

5. How does Hornblower gain a French privateer as his prize and what is the end result of the operation?

6. How are things progressing at the beginning of the procession?

7. Describe the boat's journey from the tunnel to Oxford.

8. What is Hornblower's destination after Gibraltar?

9. What are Hornblower's orders that await him on the Atropos and what does he do?

10. Why is the Atropos anchored and what does Hornblower do with the time?

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