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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9, and the Author's Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Calder?
(a) A newly-raised Admiral.
(b) The French general who commands the land troops along the English channel shore.
(c) Captain of the Admiral's flagship.
(d) He commands the passing English fleet.

2. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?
(a) It is very damp and smelly.
(b) The Captain will not give Hornblower quarters.
(c) The hoy only has one place to stand comfortably and that's where they ship's owner stands.
(d) She has no ballast and thus rides rough.

3. Of what are the newspapers critical?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Calder.

4. Who is commanding the French fleet that recently escapes from the Mediterranean?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) Gaudet.
(c) Napoleon III.
(d) Villeneuve.

5. What does it seem Meadows has done?
(a) Nothing that any other captain wouldn't do.
(b) Ignored protocal.
(c) Made a navigational mistake.
(d) Deliberately ignore repeated warnings by Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what do the men arm themselves?

2. What do the men confined below decks do?

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

4. How does Hotspur get off being aground?

5. Who is Reverend Doctor Claudius?

(see the answer key)

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