2. Who comes aboard to speak with Sawyer?
(a) Lord Cornwallis.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) The lieutenant of the prize crew.
(d) Admiral Nelson.

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

4. What skill does Hornblower mention that he possesses?
(a) Speaking French.
(b) Speaking Spanish.
(c) Speaking German.
(d) Spying.

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

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

7. What does Sawyer call for immediately after talking with the lieutenant of the prize crew?
(a) For the Epérance to sail for England immediately.
(b) For the Captain of the Josephine to be traded for Sawyer's son who is a prisoner at Ferrol.
(c) For the Captain of the Epérance to be traded for Sawyer's son who is a prisoner at Ferrol.
(d) A court martial of McCool.

8. What does Hornblower debate about doing?
(a) Letting McCool escape.
(b) Drugging McCool so he does not have to be nervous at his hanging.
(c) Giving McCool the means of suicide.
(d) How to keep McCool from making a speech at his hanging.

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

10. What bothers Hornblower about the letter from McCool?
(a) The poem.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The platitudes.
(d) The pictures.

11. Who is Reverend Doctor Claudius?
(a) A doctor of considerable renown.
(b) A forger.
(c) Napoleon's personal physician.
(d) A minister.

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

13. Of what are the newspapers critical?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Calder.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Meadows.

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

15. What do the Englishmen do upon arriving at the French brig?
(a) Sweep the deck clear of French sailors.
(b) Punch holes in it so it will sink.
(c) Negotiate a surrender.
(d) Set it afire.