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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Meadows assume command?
(a) He is senior officer.
(b) Baddlestone asks him to.
(c) Hornblower lets him in hopes he'll regain his honor.
(d) Hornblower asks it of him.

2. What is vital to keeping Bonaparte from crossing the English Channel?
(a) Good cannons along the shore.
(b) Reliable spies keeping track of the French fleet's movements.
(c) Concerted movements of the English fleet.
(d) The French would never dare cross the channel.

3. What greets the new captain on Hotspur?
(a) Botswain's whistles and a drum.
(b) A sailor singing the British Naval anthem.
(c) An new missive vacating the captain's orders.
(d) Only about half the crew; the others are on shore leave.

4. How do Hornblower's men send him off?
(a) With a gift of a sword.
(b) With a rousing cheer and song.
(c) A few hurried handshakes.
(d) They don't even notice he is leaving.

5. Of what does Hornblower despair the next morning?
(a) Of being on his own vessel again.
(b) Of getting used to the movements of the Princess.
(c) Of ever reaching home.
(d) Of having a civil word from Baddlestone.

6. Why is Hornblower seasick?
(a) Because he celebrated too hard the night before.
(b) Because he is always seasick.
(c) Because the princess yaws, rolls and pitches rather badly.
(d) He is not seasick.

7. What is spotted a few days later?
(a) An albatross which is considered bad luck.
(b) A huge pod of dolphins which is considered good luck.
(c) A sail.
(d) The French fleet.

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

9. What kind of ship is it that they see?
(a) A French brig of war.
(b) A Dutch merchant vessel.
(c) An American privateer.
(d) A French privateer.

10. Where are the officers of the Hotspur going?
(a) Most have been dismissed from service.
(b) Back to Brest.
(c) To England to seek reappointment.
(d) They are being distributed among Calder's fleet.

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

12. What does Meadows call Baddlestone?
(a) A incompetent windbag.
(b) An extremely competent sailor.
(c) His cross.
(d) A likeable enough fellow.

13. What enables Princess to regain her position within the fleet?
(a) The privateer is captured.
(b) The waves drop to less than a foot.
(c) Shifting winds.
(d) The current shifts.

14. What does Hornblower ponder as he is riding in the Princess?
(a) How to ask the captain to come about and drop him off at the closest port.
(b) Whether the captain would give him any of his personal liquor to help his stomach.
(c) His personal future.
(d) How the Princess could be more stable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Calder?

2. How does Hotspur get off being aground?

3. What is the verdict for Bush?

4. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?

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

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