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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 tells Hornblower that a single ship is ready?

2. What does Hornblower realize he is doing for the first time as he leaves England?

3. What does Hornblower teach Grimes to do?

4. What is the first order Cargill fails to manage for Hornblower?

5. How far along is Maria in her pregnancy when Hornblower learns about it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the semaphore?

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

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

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

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

9. How do the French merchant ships get by the blockade?

10. Why is Grimes so afraid of Hornblower?

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

Diversity is a very important topic in this book. Where does this appear, and how does Forester present diversity in a dynamic way?

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