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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. Who huddles below deck?
(a) The extra men on the Princess.
(b) No one.
(c) Captain Meadows.
(d) All the officers on the Princess.

2. What does it look like Meadows is doing as the Princess pulls away from Hotspur?
(a) Already disciplining some sloppy sailor.
(b) Making his way to the bridge.
(c) Gathering the crew for an inaugural speech.
(d) He's already in his cabin on the Hotspur.

3. Who interrupts Meadows reading his orders?
(a) Cornwallis.
(b) Baddlestone.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Bush.

4. What is Calder's assignment?
(a) To rendezvous with Admiral Nelson.
(b) To intercept and destroy the French fleet coming his way.
(c) To reunite two of the smaller English fleets in the Baltic area.
(d) To take the Admiral's flagship to dry dock.

5. What might Hornblower end up doing?
(a) Having to take command in someplace like the West Indies.
(b) Sitting ashore and watching the war pass him by.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Serving as First Lieutenant on an Admiral's flag ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Hornblower wonder concerning the court martial?

2. With what do the men arm themselves?

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

4. What puts a hole in the Hotspur?

5. What won't Meadows ever have again?

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