2. What is the end result of Hornblower delivering the false orders to Villeneuve?
(a) It is never said.
(b) Hornblower is promoted once more.
(c) Hornblower is imprisoned for several years as he is caught.
(d) The battle of Trafalgar.

3. What does the secretary believe about the weighted packet?
(a) That it is authentic but of no special importance.
(b) That it is of Dutch rather than French origin.
(c) That it is not authentic.
(d) That it is not a ruse de guerre.

4. When is McCool hanged?
(a) McCool jumps overboard and escapes hanging.
(b) An hour after McCool gives Hornblower the letter.
(c) In the morning.
(d) When the fleet returns to England.

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

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

7. What impresses Marsden about Hornblower?
(a) Hornblower's willingness to do what needs to be done.
(b) Hornblower's connections.
(c) Hornblower's keen insight.
(d) Hornblower's intelligence and powers of observation.

8. What does Hornblower realize from the poem?
(a) It was written by Longfellow.
(b) It is instruction on how to manipulate the letters on top of the seachest.
(c) It was written by Yeats.
(d) It was written by Cooleridge.

9. To whom does Hornblower report on land?
(a) Admiral Nelson.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Rear Admiral Foster.
(d) Admiral Stonewall.

10. What is the name of the French brig prize?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Epérance.
(c) Papillion.
(d) La Fortres.

11. What does Baddlestone do to the French sailors who are pouring out from below deck?
(a) Gives them a cheerful wave.
(b) Shoots the lead men with his pistol to slow the others down.
(c) Shoots them with a nine pounder.
(d) Throws oil on the deck to make them slip up.

12. What does Hornblower do with the sea chest?
(a) Rips it apart.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Throws it overboard.
(d) Moves it into his room.

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

14. About whom are the signals concerned?
(a) The Captain of the Epérance.
(b) The Captain of the Papillion.
(c) The Captain of the Josephine.
(d) Barry I. McCool.

15. What happens when Hornblower is ushered into the waiting room for the admiralty?
(a) He paces nervously.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He goes through the papers from Foster.
(d) He practises his speech.