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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hornblower becomes excited when getting glimpses of what alongside the ship?
(a) A shark.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Flying fish.
(d) Another British ship.

2. What does Hornblower do on the quarterdeck?
(a) Has a shower-bath.
(b) Aids in the swabbing of the deck.
(c) Entertains the men.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

3. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.
(a) Coffee.
(b) An opiate.
(c) Rum.
(d) Alcohol.

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

5. Who takes part in a secret meeting at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Hornblower, Bush, Roberts, and Buckland.
(b) Hornblower, Smith, and Bush.
(c) Hornblower, Bush, Smith, and Buckland.
(d) Hornblower and Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Corporal of the Guard relieve the sentry outside the Captain's door?

2. What role does Whiting have?

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

4. The morning after the Captain's fall, the surgeon says that the Captain is _______________.

5. How is the ship's original course altered once the new orders are given?

(see the answer key)

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