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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 the end result of Hornblower delivering the false orders to Villeneuve?
(a) It is never said.
(b) The battle of Trafalgar.
(c) Hornblower is imprisoned for several years as he is caught.
(d) Hornblower is promoted once more.

2. What is Hornblower contemplating as he leaves the admiralty?
(a) That he is going to be a spy.
(b) That he may not return to England.
(c) How to invest his bonus pay.
(d) That he will be receiving his own command.

3. What surprises Marsden when Hornblower looks at the document?
(a) That Hornblower is that interested in the papers.
(b) Hornblower is able to read French.
(c) Hornblower knows the Duke's seal.
(d) Nothing would surprise Marsden about Hornblower.

4. What bothers Hornblower a little about his participation in the plan?
(a) That he won't be able to tell Maria where he is.
(b) Being a spy.
(c) That he'll be acting alone and be disavowed if caught.
(d) Not being home when Maria gives birth to his second child.

5. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Content.
(c) Happy.
(d) Exhausted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the admiral tell Hornblower?

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

3. Where does Hornblower go before leaving the French brig?

4. What follows after Hornblower is shown leaving the admiralty?

5. Who is Reverend Doctor Claudius?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Englishmen get over to the French brig?

3. What special duty is Hornblower assigned?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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