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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower ponder as he is riding in the Princess?
(a) His personal future.
(b) How the Princess could be more stable.
(c) How to ask the captain to come about and drop him off at the closest port.
(d) Whether the captain would give him any of his personal liquor to help his stomach.

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

3. To what is Hornblower summoned?
(a) The annual planning council.
(b) A court martial.
(c) Dinner with the Admiral.
(d) A debriefing.

4. For what does Meadows say he'd give up his prize money for five years?
(a) A chance to spend more than a few days with his new wife.
(b) Orders to the West Indies.
(c) Orders off the Hotspur.
(d) A chance to have Baddlestone as a sailor under his command.

5. What does Meadows hope?
(a) That the French ship will lose interest.
(b) That success will help his future.
(c) That the French ship will be accosted by the English fleet.
(d) That he will get the French vessel as prize money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Into what has Hornblower made the crew of the Hotspur?

3. Where does Hotspur run aground?

4. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?

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

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