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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On whom does Hornblower rely in managing the everyday activities of Hotspur?
(a) Masters.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Bush.
(d) Percival.

2. How does Bush react to Hornblower's teasing?
(a) With umbrage.
(b) Angry.
(c) With his own teasing.
(d) Apologetic.

3. What is vital to keeping Bonaparte from crossing the English Channel?
(a) Reliable spies keeping track of the French fleet's movements.
(b) The French would never dare cross the channel.
(c) Concerted movements of the English fleet.
(d) Good cannons along the shore.

4. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?
(a) Highly competent but unsure.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Timid.
(d) Competent but cocky.

5. What is the Hotspur blockading?
(a) A French merchant fleet.
(b) A Dutch squadron.
(c) A French squadron.
(d) A Dutch merchant fleet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baddlestone ask of Hornblower immediately upon Hornblower's arrival on the Princess?

2. What does Hornblower think to himself about Bush?

3. Who interrupts Meadows reading his orders?

4. Why can't Baddlestone or his men be pressed?

5. What does Meadows call Baddlestone?

(see the answer key)

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