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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. Who has signed the document?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) No one.
(d) The Duke of Muscovy.

2. Who is O'Shaughnessy?
(a) An alias for McCool.
(b) An Irish spy for the British navy.
(c) No one of note.
(d) An alias for Yeats.

3. What bothers Hornblower about the letter from McCool?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The platitudes.
(c) The poem.
(d) The pictures.

4. What seems almost surreal to Hornblower?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Seeing his wife with his infant son so soon after hacking apart Frenchmen.
(c) The big city.
(d) The way the land sways under his feet.

5. What does Hornblower do with the sea chest?
(a) Rips it apart.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Throws it overboard.
(d) Moves it into his room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will Hornblower be shortly meeting after he says yes to the mission?

2. What does the admiral tell Hornblower?

3. How old is Hornblower at the opening of this short story?

4. Why does Baddlestone turn the papers over to Hornblower?

5. How does Maria act when Hornblower arrives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the setting and circumstances at the opening of this short story?

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

4. Describe the fight to gain control of the French brig.

5. How does Marsden describe the encounter between Calder and Villeneuve?

6. What are several factors that cause Marsden to be impressed with Hornblower?

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

8. What is most useful about the document that Hornblower brings to the admiralty?

9. What special duty is Hornblower assigned?

10. Describe the outcome of the court martial and the events up to when McCool is hanged.

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