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

2. What is Prowse's position on the ship?
(a) Sailing master.
(b) Steward.
(c) Midshipman.
(d) Navigator.

3. Where is the French semaphore station?
(a) Ushdalle.
(b) Unthialle.
(c) Brie.
(d) Brest.

4. Where does the admiral want Hornblower to get information after his wedding?
(a) Barnalle.
(b) Bourgiac.
(c) Brest.
(d) Brawn.

5. How does Hornblower feel about what he is doing for the first time as he leaves England?
(a) Strange.
(b) Proud.
(c) Happy.
(d) Amused.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hornblower's favorite part of leaving the Hotspur for the first time?

3. Where does Hornblower say goodbye to his new bride?

4. What gift does Hornblower get from his wife before he sets sail?

5. What necessitated the multi-tiered system?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hornblower supposed to use any extra money for when he gets to France?

2. How does Bush feel when Hornblower knows all about the Loire in the Brest harbor?

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

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

5. What does Hornblower do when he sees a French fisherman?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Hornblower called to do shortly after his wedding celebration begins?

(see the answer keys)

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