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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) The hoy only has one place to stand comfortably and that's where they ship's owner stands.
(d) It is very damp and smelly.

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

4. What is the approximate age of Hotspur's new captain?
(a) Middle age.
(b) Very young.
(c) Close to 70.
(d) Mid-30s.

5. What is Hornblower forced to admit?
(a) That he used a local pilot most of the time.
(b) That he guided the Hotspur successfully for two years in its assigned area.
(c) That he almost grounded several times.
(d) That he had an excellent chart which was in his private collection.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hornblower ponder as he is riding in the Princess?

3. On whom does Hornblower rely in managing the everyday activities of Hotspur?

4. Who is commanding the French fleet that recently escapes from the Mediterranean?

5. What does Hotspur's new commander look like?

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