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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 follows after Hornblower is shown leaving the admiralty?
(a) An author's note.
(b) Hornblower saying goodbye to Maria.
(c) How he gets to see Villeneuve.
(d) A look at how the orders are forged.

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

3. What does the secretary believe about the weighted packet?
(a) That it is of Dutch rather than French origin.
(b) That it is not a ruse de guerre.
(c) That it is authentic but of no special importance.
(d) That it is not authentic.

4. How old is Hornblower at the opening of this short story?
(a) About 31.
(b) About 23.
(c) About 29.
(d) About 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the English do after the fighting?

2. What does Sawyer call for immediately after talking with the lieutenant of the prize crew?

3. What does Hornblower do with the sea chest?

4. What do the men on the Princess do to the French men who board?

5. What does McCool give Hornblower?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Hornblower's thoughts about Ireland's plight?

2. What special duty is Hornblower assigned?

3. Why is Hornblower privy to the information passed with the signal flags?

4. What is the final outcome (according to an author's note) of Hornblower delivering false orders to Villeneuve?

5. What man is aboard the Epérance in whom the English seem interested?

6. How does Reverend Doctor Claudius fit into Hornblower's scheme?

7. What does Hornblower do mostly because he is so tired and what is the response of Marsden?

8. What do the formerly sleeping watch sailors do as Hornblower is contemplating what to do with the ship?

9. What does Hornblower do while the men are destroying the ship?

10. What does Baddlestone suggest and what does Hornblower ultimately have the men do to the French brig?

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