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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) Competent but cocky.
(c) Highly competent but unsure.
(d) Timid.

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

3. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?
(a) There are difficult local conditions.
(b) It is deep water.
(c) Sometimes the conditions can be difficult but usually not.
(d) It is generally calm and very little impedments.

4. What does Hornblower examine aboard the Princess?
(a) His tiny cabin.
(b) The way the sails are set.
(c) The crew.
(d) The way the main mast if far foward compared to most ships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is vital to keeping Bonaparte from crossing the English Channel?

2. What is passing by as Hornblower comes up on the deck of the Princess?

3. Why is Hornblower seasick?

4. What does Hornblower think to himself about Bush?

5. Why can't Baddlestone or his men be pressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives at the Princess within a few hours after Baddlestone announces the results and why are they there?

2. What is the outcome of Meadows' court martial?

3. What are Hornblower's quarters like aboard the Princess?

4. Describe Hornblower's part in Meadows' court martial.

5. What happens to the Hotspur?

6. Describe the interaction between Bush and Hornblower when Bush comes to tell Hornblower the water hoy has arrived.

7. Why does the Princess ride so roughly?

8. What does Baddlestone say about the strategic situation between Villeneuve's fleet and that of Nelson's fleet?

9. How is Hornblower feeling and why is that surprising to him?

10. How is the space allocated aboard the Princess now with so many extra men?

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