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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first dinner made for Hornblower by Grimes's replacement?
(a) Lobster cutlets.
(b) Coffee cake and pork rinds.
(c) Rice and beef gravy.
(d) Fish stew.

2. What is Hornblower's favorite meal of the day?
(a) Tea time.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Lunch.

3. What does Hornblower hesitate to add to the Butcher's Bill?
(a) Cotard's name.
(b) The damaged captain's cabin.
(c) Fresh beef.
(d) Grimes's name.

4. What ship captured the Clorinde?
(a) The Navigator.
(b) The Natural.
(c) The Newfoundland.
(d) The Naiad.

5. How did Grimes die?
(a) He hung himself.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He fell from the crow's nest.
(d) He drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grimes's position on board?

2. What does Hornblower update over the first summer at war?

3. How does Hornblower feel about domestic life?

4. Who is Hornblower most nervous about reading his experience at the semaphore?

5. Why is Hornblower unable to recognize the honor sent to him from the French ship?

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