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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 increases in the army encampments on shore after Christmas?

2. Why is Hornblower not able to speak with Maria?

3. How long is Hornblower told to wait in station when he asks permission to find water?

4. How was the frigate run aground destroyed?

5. What does Hornblower order his men to sleep next to after New Year's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hornblower feel about domestic life?

2. How is England able to continue shipping and trading goods to other countries?

3. Why does Hornblower get to spend some time with his wife and son?

4. Why does Doughty say he struck an officer?

5. What does Hornblower get excited about as the New Year approaches?

6. Why does Hornblower choose to add Grimes's name to the list of men killed in action?

7. What happens when a mortar lands on the Hotspur?

8. Why is the navy so important to England's success?

9. Why does Cornwallis want Hornblower to pursue the Spanish treasure fleet?

10. What does Hornblower think about during the storms, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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