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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19, 20, and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes the Hotspur to win the race with the Loire?
(a) The Loire turns to shore.
(b) The Hotspur unloads some weight.
(c) The Hotspur gets a good wind.
(d) The Loire falls into iron.

3. How does the person Hornblower meets with after his wedding describe the Peace of Amiens?
(a) Shaky.
(b) Unreliable.
(c) Reticent.
(d) Solid.

4. What irritates Hornblower about his wife after their marriage?
(a) Her passiveness.
(b) Her traditional values.
(c) Her staunchness.
(d) Her tenderness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused Hornblower to be away from sea for so long at the beginning of the book?

2. Why is Hornblower unable to have eggs from his personal store?

3. What is a semaphore?

4. What must Hornblower survive on when his personal stores are gone?

5. What does Hornblower and his crew spend the first summer at war doing?

(see the answer key)

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