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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who put some personal stores on board for Hornblower?

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

3. How does Hornblower feel about the man who was too fearful to go with Cotard?

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

5. What helps Cargill to be successful on his second attempt to complete an order from Hornblower?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower find when he goes to punish Grimes?

2. What does Cornwallis say about the treaty, and what does he plan to do in response to this?

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

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

5. What is found in the package sent by Cornwallis?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Hornblower as the most junior leader is treated when he dines with the other leaders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hornblower change in his ideas about domestic life throughout this book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Forester have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

What does Hornblower mean when he says he hates the random fatality in war, and what brings about this strange train of thought?

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