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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hornblower's special duty?
(a) To guard McCool.
(b) He is not given a special duty.
(c) To signal the moment by moment account of the court martial.
(d) To join the prize crew.

2. What does Hotspur's new commander look like?
(a) Short and extremely muscular.
(b) Burly and quite tall.
(c) Average height with a full, bushy red bed.
(d) Short and mousy.

3. Why can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?
(a) They leak too badly.
(b) They are full of grain.
(c) They don't have a big enough opening.
(d) They would then be contaminated.

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

5. What is Hornblower's impression of the man who claims to be Napoleon?
(a) Hornblower finds him irritating.
(b) Hornblower finds him oddly familiar.
(c) Hornblower finds him amusing.
(d) Hornblower finds him arrogant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taking over command of the vessel Hornblower is leaving?

2. What seems almost surreal to Hornblower?

3. Of whom is Hornblower considerate?

4. Where does the French fleet arrive?

5. What bargain does McCool strike with Hornblower?

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