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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 the downside of the success at the Semaphore?
(a) Many Englishmen died.
(b) They could not destroy the code.
(c) A last message got through.
(d) The French caught them.

2. How does the English fleet feel about the semaphore?
(a) They are annoyed by it.
(b) They are amused by it.
(c) They are afraid of it.
(d) They are angered by it.

3. What gift does Hornblower get from his wife before he sets sail?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A sword.
(c) Some gloves.
(d) A scarf.

4. What does Bush blame for Cargill's first and almost second failure?
(a) Poorly shifted weight.
(b) Nervous demeanor.
(c) Lack of skill.
(d) Harsh conditions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has made the ship ready to sail?

2. Where does the semaphore operator live?

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

4. With what country was the Peace of Amiens made?

5. What announcement does Cornwallis make when Hornblower leaves the Hotspur for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gift does Hornblower give Maria before he leaves, and what is this symbolic of?

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

4. How does Bush feel when a French merchant vessel sails by, and why?

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

6. What does Hornblower try to teach Grimes, and how is this lesson taken?

7. What does Hornblower do before opening his commands from Cornwallis?

8. What do the Loire and Hotspur do when they pass each other for the first time?

9. What does Hornblower need to make his plan to destroy the semaphore successful?

10. What does Hornblower do during the ship-to-shore action?

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