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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. Of what does Hornblower despair the next morning?
(a) Of getting used to the movements of the Princess.
(b) Of being on his own vessel again.
(c) Of having a civil word from Baddlestone.
(d) Of ever reaching home.

2. To what is Hornblower summoned?
(a) The annual planning council.
(b) A debriefing.
(c) Dinner with the Admiral.
(d) A court martial.

3. What is Hornblower forced to admit?
(a) That he had an excellent chart which was in his private collection.
(b) That he almost grounded several times.
(c) That he guided the Hotspur successfully for two years in its assigned area.
(d) That he used a local pilot most of the time.

4. How does Hotspur get off being aground?
(a) Pulled off the sandbar by a French privateer.
(b) Pulled off by another vessel in the Channel fleet.
(c) Pulled off the sandbar by a merchant vessel.
(d) By the action of the rising tide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pursues the French fleet?

2. What rank is Hornblower at the opening of the novel?

3. What kind of ship is it that they see?

4. What does Hornblower learn when Baddlestone demands payment from Meadows?

5. What is the verdict against Meadows?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Captain Baddlestone.

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

3. What is Captain Meadows' response to Captain Baddlestone's rudeness?

4. Why doesn't the Princess set sail immediately for England and how do the naval officers respond?

5. What are Hornblower's thoughts about the Hotspur as the Princess pulls away from the other vessel?

6. How does Hornblower learn that Baddlestone overcharged him tremendously for passage aboard the Princess?

7. What happens when Captain Meadows begins to read his orders of command and what does Bush do?

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

9. What bothers Hornblower about what Baddlestone tells Hornblower?

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

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