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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bush do after the wedding celebration?
(a) Hires new crewmen.
(b) Readies the ship for sailing.
(c) All of these.
(d) Gathers the seamen.

2. What does Hornblower hear from Maria?
(a) She is coming to visit.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is leaving him.
(d) She is very ill.

3. What does a French war ship do as they pass the Hotspur?
(a) Play England's anthem.
(b) Sing out their own anthem.
(c) Fire a blank shot.
(d) Raise a white flag.

4. Who has made the ship ready to sail?
(a) Bush.
(b) McGill.
(c) Doughty.
(d) Hornblower.

5. Why is Hornblower unable to recognize the honor sent to him from the French ship?
(a) He is colorblind.
(b) He is tone deaf.
(c) He cannot understand French.
(d) He is on the other side of the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower's wife's maiden name?

2. How does Prowse feel during the chase by Loire?

3. What is the name of Pellew's ship?

4. What does Hornblower blame for Cargill's first and almost second failure?

5. What does Hornblower realize he is doing for the first time as he leaves England?

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