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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Atropos unprepared for immediate departure?
2. What does Hornblower ask the King?
3. What is Hornblower ordered to attend?
4. Why does Admiral St. Vincent apologize?
5. What will carry the dignitaries during the procession?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the boat stop and what is the captain's concern?
2. Describe Maria Hornblower.
3. Describe Hornblower's encounter with the King.
4. How does Hornblower gain a French privateer as his prize and what is the end result of the operation?
5. Describe Hornblower's encounter with the Prince of Seitz-Bunau.
6. Describe the boat's journey from the tunnel to Oxford.
7. How does Hornblower help the captain of the boat?
8. How does Hornblower know something is amiss on the Amelia Jane and what does he do?
9. How is Hornblower feeling and why is it a blessing in disguise?
10. What fascinates Hornblower about the boat on which he is riding?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Admiral Hornblower is in some ways a larger-than-life hero. Despite incredible odds, he usually comes out on top, in this book and in the others in the series. Discuss the following:
1. Does having a larger-than-life hero make that person less of a hero? In other words, which is more admirable--a hero who ultimately always "lands on his feet," or one who strives against impossible odds and doesn't always succeed?
2. Does a character have to be successful in order to be a hero? Explain your answer.
3. Choose one other character besides Hornblower whom you might call a hero/heroine and explain why you choose that person.
4. Does every work of fiction have to have a hero? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Often in Forester's series involving Horatio Hornblower, his ship and/or life is saved by extraordinary means. Discuss the following:
1. Research and define the literary term "narrative contrivance."
2. Identify and analyze a time in the book when Forester makes free use of the technique of narrative contrivance to save Hornblower and his ship in Hornblower and the Atropos.
3. Does the use of narrative contrivance diminish the impact of the plot? The believability of the storyline?
4. Is there any other way Forester could have a mixture of suspense and action while at the same time making certain the main characters are not killed?
Essay Topic 3
During this era in which Hornblower and the Atropos is set, there are strongly-adhered-to class distinctions. Hornblower and most naval officers are considered "gentlemen." Discuss one of the following:
1. How do the divisions of class tend to make divisions among men? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a class-based society? What evidence is there of those advantages and disadvantages in Hornblower and the Atropos?
2. In the English military of that era, nobles and gentlemen generally are bthe officers and very few of the working or peasant class could cross the line into officer territory. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of such a system?
3. Do you think there is a class system in the United States? Does it carry over to the military? Why or why not? (Some research may be required.)
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