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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Princess ride high in the water?
(a) Because it's trim is set that way.
(b) Because it has no cargo.
(c) Because the captain has the sails set for speed.
(d) Because the hull is narrow.

2. Of what does Hornblower despair the next morning?
(a) Of having a civil word from Baddlestone.
(b) Of getting used to the movements of the Princess.
(c) Of being on his own vessel again.
(d) Of ever reaching home.

3. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?
(a) The Captain will not give Hornblower quarters.
(b) She has no ballast and thus rides rough.
(c) It is very damp and smelly.
(d) The hoy only has one place to stand comfortably and that's where they ship's owner stands.

4. What is Hornblower doing as the Princess gains port?
(a) Finishing dressing in his dress uniform.
(b) Writing Maria.
(c) Drinking in despair.
(d) Writing his report about the French brig.

5. How does Hotspur get off being aground?
(a) Pulled off the sandbar by a merchant vessel.
(b) By the action of the rising tide.
(c) Pulled off by another vessel in the Channel fleet.
(d) Pulled off the sandbar by a French privateer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?

2. What is Hornblower forced to admit?

3. To whom is Hornblower wishing luck at the opening of the novel?

4. How do Hornblower's men send him off?

5. What do the Englishmen do upon arriving at the French brig?

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