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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 blubbers with fear when the mission with Cotard is about to go underway?

2. Where does Hornblower plot a course after leaving England?

3. What must Hornblower survive on when his personal stores are gone?

4. Who tells Hornblower that a single ship is ready?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bush disappointed about after the ship-to-shore action?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair is a theme that appears in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

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

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