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

2. What did Hornblower do as personal penance when he left England?
(a) He spends some of his own money on supplies.
(b) He lodges an official complaint.
(c) He does not say goodbye to Maria.
(d) He spends an extra day with Maria.

3. What is the name of the Tunnel through which the boat goes?
(a) Dunwiddy.
(b) Sapperton.
(c) Flewert.
(d) Eaton.

4. What does the man at the tiller give up on doing?
(a) Telling his crew to row harder.
(b) Trying to engage Hornblower in conversation.
(c) Keeping the boat completely in line.
(d) Telling the captain about the weakened pinion rudder.

5. What does Hornblower hear in the distance?
(a) A shot.
(b) A fog horn.
(c) A scream.
(d) A crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lord Cuthbert Collingwood?

2. What does Hornblower have his crew do?

3. Where does the boat arrive at the Thames River proper?

4. With what does the Prince arrive on the Atropos?

5. What is procured at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hornblower's destination after Gibraltar?

2. How does Hornblower get the Atropos ready for departure?

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

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

5. What happens at Oxford to relieve Hornblower of his volunteer job and then what does Hornblower do?

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

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

8. What do Hornblower and Maria do after leaving the wherry?

9. What does Hornblower do when he hears a shot in the foggy distance?

10. Who and what does Hornblower take on board at Gibraltar?

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