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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Last Encounter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?
(a) Highly competent but unsure.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Competent but cocky.
(d) Timid.

2. What do the naval officers do as they become restless?
(a) Start picking on the enlisted men.
(b) Criticize Baddlestone and the Princess.
(c) Become sloppy in their dress and behavior.
(d) Start fighting while gambling.

3. Who is better informed than Hornblower?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Bush.
(c) No one.
(d) Baddlestone.

4. Who is Lord Barham?
(a) The Warden of the Southern Marshes.
(b) The Warden of the Northern Province.
(c) The first sea-lord.
(d) The Prince of Wale's right hand man.

5. How long has Hornblower been involved in the blockade of Brest?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it seem Meadows has done?

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

3. What is the most important thing about the letter?

4. What do the English sailors do?

5. What is the sentence passed upon McCool?

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