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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hotspur's new commander look like?
(a) Burly and quite tall.
(b) Short and mousy.
(c) Average height with a full, bushy red bed.
(d) Short and extremely muscular.

2. What does Bush signal to the captain of the Princess as Meadows is reading orders?
(a) To stay quiet.
(b) To start pumping the water into the bilges.
(c) To hand up the water hoses.
(d) To lift the gangplank.

3. What command is Hornblower leaving?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Hotspur.
(c) Leopard.
(d) Shannon.

4. What does Meadows call Baddlestone?
(a) His cross.
(b) An extremely competent sailor.
(c) A incompetent windbag.
(d) A likeable enough fellow.

5. To whom is Hornblower wishing luck at the opening of the novel?
(a) No one.
(b) Admiral Nelson.
(c) Admireal Cornwald.
(d) Lieutenant Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?

2. What is vital to keeping Bonaparte from crossing the English Channel?

3. What is the approximate age of Hotspur's new captain?

4. Who interrupts Meadows reading his orders?

5. Why does Hornblower ask permission to talk to Bush?

(see the answer key)

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