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

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

3. Of what are the newspapers critical?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Calder.
(d) Hornblower.

4. To what ship is Hornblower assigned?
(a) HMS Renown.
(b) HMS Nelson.
(c) HMS Leopard.
(d) HMS Shannon.

5. What happens when Hornblower is ushered into the waiting room for the admiralty?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He paces nervously.
(c) He goes through the papers from Foster.
(d) He practises his speech.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the sentence passed upon McCool?

3. What is the name of the French brig prize?

4. What is the result of the encounter with Villeneuve?

5. What does Hornblower suggest to Baddlestone about the papers from the French brig?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Meadows.

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

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

6. What indications are there that the weighted packet Hornblower takes off the French brig might be important?

7. Describe Hornblower's actions up until he meets with Marsden.

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

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

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

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