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

2. What does Hornblower teach Grimes to do?

3. How many ships of the lines are with the Hotspur's squadron?

4. What is a semaphore?

5. What is Hornblower's favorite meal of the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 is found in the package sent by Cornwallis?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Hornblower have such a respectful opinion of Captain Pellew and how does this opinion affect Hornblower's actions and personality when he is around Pellew?

Essay Topic 2

What is Doughty's role in this book, and what attributes in Hornblower does he reveal by his brief presence in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where does this theme appear, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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