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

2. Why does the Princess ride high in the water?
(a) Because the captain has the sails set for speed.
(b) Because it's trim is set that way.
(c) Because the hull is narrow.
(d) Because it has no cargo.

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

4. What does it look like Meadows is doing as the Princess pulls away from Hotspur?
(a) Gathering the crew for an inaugural speech.
(b) He's already in his cabin on the Hotspur.
(c) Making his way to the bridge.
(d) Already disciplining some sloppy sailor.

5. Where does the French fleet arrive?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) The English Channel.
(d) Cape Horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower doubt the promise made to him?

2. How do Hornblower's men send him off?

3. What is positive about the cabin?

4. With what do the men arm themselves?

5. Why does Hornblower ask permission to talk to Bush?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Princess ride so roughly?

3. About what does Hornblower muse?

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

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

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

7. What does Hornblower wonder about the court martial and who answers his question?

8. How do the English plan on destroying Villeneuve's fleet?

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

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

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