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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 begins to fall apart when Hornblower has been at sea for six months?
(a) The sails.
(b) The flag.
(c) His clothes.
(d) The food storage.

2. Who lays the priming charge and fuse?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Grimes.
(c) Cotard.
(d) Bush.

3. Why is Hornblower unable to have eggs from his personal store?
(a) They were stolen.
(b) They are too hard to cook.
(c) They went bad.
(d) They are broken.

4. What increases around the destroyed semaphore?
(a) Guards.
(b) Ships of war.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) French army battalions.

5. Who is replacing Pellew as Hornblower's commander?
(a) Prancer.
(b) Pinker.
(c) Pratner.
(d) Parker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower get his last glimpse of Maria before sailing away?

2. How is the second French ship harmed when Hornblower makes his night attack?

3. How does the person Hornblower meets with after his wedding describe the Peace of Amiens?

4. Who suggests the ship-to-shore action at Brest?

5. What does Hornblower hear from Maria?

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