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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men on the Princess do to the French men who board?
(a) Strip them and then throw them overboard.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Capture them.
(d) Throw them overboard immediately.

2. What is the most important thing about the letter?
(a) The seal and signature.
(b) There is nothing important about it.
(c) The locations mentioned.
(d) The dates mentioned.

3. Who does Meadows charge?
(a) Three French marines.
(b) A large burley seaman.
(c) No one; he is not on the boarding crew.
(d) The French captain.

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

5. Where does Hornblower go before leaving the French brig?
(a) To the topmast.
(b) To the bridge.
(c) To the poop deck.
(d) To the Captain's quarters.

6. What do they offer Hornblower to accept the assignment?
(a) Command of his own vessel.
(b) Immediate promotion to post-Captain.
(c) A large monetary bonus.
(d) Ten percent of any prize money from the subsequent sea battle.

7. Who will Hornblower be shortly meeting after he says yes to the mission?
(a) Count Velaquez.
(b) Count Miranda.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Duke Ballard.

8. What do the French send to the Princess?
(a) An offer for a compromise.
(b) A prize crew.
(c) The head of an English prisoner.
(d) An ultimatum.

9. What does McCool give Hornblower?
(a) His favorite sword.
(b) A letter full of platitudes and a bizarre poem.
(c) His knife.
(d) His gold cufflings.

10. What is Hornblower to keep McCool from doing?
(a) Writing to the French command.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Talking to any crew member.
(d) Writing any letters to his family.

11. What does the admiral tell Hornblower?
(a) To take the sealed packet to London.
(b) To go get something to eat and then report to his new post.
(c) To go home and wait for new orders.
(d) To wait for his new command there.

12. What is Hornblower doing as the Princess gains port?
(a) Drinking in despair.
(b) Writing Maria.
(c) Writing his report about the French brig.
(d) Finishing dressing in his dress uniform.

13. What surprises Marsden when Hornblower looks at the document?
(a) Hornblower is able to read French.
(b) That Hornblower is that interested in the papers.
(c) Nothing would surprise Marsden about Hornblower.
(d) Hornblower knows the Duke's seal.

14. What is the most important thing that Hornblower takes from the French brig?
(a) Documents.
(b) Being able to tell Meadow's wife of his heroism.
(c) A sense of pride.
(d) Money.

15. Why does Baddlestone turn the papers over to Hornblower?
(a) Baddlestone does not know how to go about getting them to the right people.
(b) Baddlestone suggests that Hornblower will gain prestige by presenting them.
(c) Baddlestone is afraid of getting pressed into service.
(d) Baddlestone does not want to deal with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Hornblower about the letter from McCool?

2. What does the secretary believe about the weighted packet?

3. What does Baddlestone do to the French sailors who are pouring out from below deck?

4. Who is Reverend Doctor Claudius?

5. To what ship is Hornblower assigned?

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