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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. What do the men confined below decks do?
(a) Pound on the door.
(b) Set fire to the ship.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Start shooting through the deck and disable the tiller.

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

3. What happens to Meadows?
(a) A reprimand.
(b) Thirty lashes.
(c) Stripped of rank and commission.
(d) Three years at hard labor.

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

5. When does Baddlestone receive the news of the court martial verdict?
(a) He does not.
(b) Two days later.
(c) Within an hour after Hornblower leaves the court.
(d) Later that evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower ask permission to talk to Bush?

2. What does Hornblower order the men to do to the French brig?

3. What horrifies Hornblower about what Baddlestone says?

4. Who is Prowse?

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

(see the answer key)

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