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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ had been Captain Sawyer's toady and informer.
(a) Hobbs.
(b) Coleman.
(c) Booth.
(d) Clive.

2. Which shipman dies during the fort's attack on the ship?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Wellard.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Smith.

3. Horatio suggests that they use a ________ from the ship to attack the far end of the bay.
(a) Thirthy-pounder.
(b) Twelve-pounder.
(c) Twenty-four-pounder.
(d) Nine-pounder.

4. While discussing their plans for the Spanish, Buckland tells Hornblower that he talks like a __________________.
(a) Sea lawyer.
(b) King.
(c) Whippersnapper.
(d) Politician.

5. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?
(a) The men would tie ropes all Sunday.
(b) The men would be punished for being idle.
(c) The men would drink rum all afternoon.
(d) The men would spend the rest of the day in idleness.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the 19th Article pertain?

2. Who gives the orders for the ship to be dispatched?

3. Which items are locked in the Captain's desk?

4. The HMS Renown has ______ guns.

5. It had been years since Bush had seen ________, but he paid no attention to them.

(see the answer key)

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