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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hornblower do when he first makes shore?
(a) Goes to see Meadows' mother.
(b) Goes to see Meadows' widow.
(c) Goes to a tavern.
(d) Writes his wife and says goodbye to the men.

4. What do the English do with the two long boats?
(a) Take them to the French brig.
(b) Board them an head for land.
(c) They are sunk.
(d) Keep them moored to the Princess.

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

6. Who is Mr. Barrow?
(a) The Prince of Wales' aide de camp.
(b) The secretary to Admiral Pembroke.
(c) The secretary to Admiral Huffington.
(d) The assistant to the secretary to the admiralty.

7. What bargain does McCool strike with Hornblower?
(a) McCool will be silent if Hornblower will get him a pint of ale.
(b) McCool can kill himself by pretending to overpower Hornblower.
(c) No bargain.
(d) McCool's silence for Hornblower delivering a letter to his widow.

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

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

10. Who lectures Hornblower?
(a) Captain Sawyer.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Admiral Cornwallis.
(d) Admiral Nelson.

11. With what is the document sealed that Hornblower delivered to the Admiralty?
(a) A seal that Napoleon has not used for several years.
(b) The emblem of the Duke of Muscovy.
(c) The document is not sealed.
(d) The newest seals of the empire.

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

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

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

15. What is Hornblower's opinion about Ireland?
(a) He has not particular opinion.
(b) He is ambivalent.
(c) He strongly supports England's stance.
(d) He strongly supports Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower order the men to do to the French brig?

2. What does Hornblower suggest could be used from the document?

3. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?

4. Who has signed the document?

5. Where does Hornblower go before leaving the French brig?

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