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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Being promoted.
(b) Meeting with the admiral.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Cleaning his uniform.

2. What does the admiral do to show his respect for Hornblower?
(a) Makes a toast at his wedding.
(b) Gives him a promotion.
(c) Shakes his hand in public.
(d) Salutes him at his wedding.

3. What is Hornblower's wife's name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Maryann.
(c) Martha.
(d) Maria.

4. What is the Hotspur responsible for after the multi-tiered system is in place?
(a) Gathering information.
(b) Relaying messages.
(c) Scouting for troops.
(d) Blockading Brest.

5. What is Pellew's first name?
(a) Earl.
(b) Ethan.
(c) Evan.
(d) Edward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cotard claim to be when he is approached by a French guard?

2. Where does Hornblower plot a course after leaving England?

3. What does Hornblower feel he has to balance at the beginning of the book?

4. Where does the admiral want Hornblower to get information after his wedding?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hornblower able to be attentive to his wife even though he is to sail away the next day?

2. Why is Hornblower unable to have fresh eggs, and why is this so frustrating to him?

3. Why does Hornblower not have much in his own personal stores on the ship?

4. How does Hornblower feel about prize money, and how does he communicate this?

5. Why does Hornblower lead the assault on the semaphore himself?

6. What does Hornblower have the Hotspur do after firing on the Loire?

7. Why is Grimes so afraid of Hornblower?

8. What is Hornblower's plan to destroy the semaphore?

9. How does Hornblower get the one thing he needs to complete his plan to destroy the semaphore?

10. How does Hornblower feel right before his wedding, and what does he do?

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