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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "The traitors meet their desserts and the loyal hearts their reward. Give a cheer, you men."?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Bush.

3. Which items are locked in the Captain's desk?
(a) Journals.
(b) Letters.
(c) Bottles of rum.
(d) Secret orders.

4. Who can be excused from church services according to the tolerant Admiralty?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Jews.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Dissenters.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?

2. The number of shipmen in the crews that secure the lower deck guns totaled _____________.

3. In his opinion, it is not proper for Bush to feel what for Hornblower, a junior officer?

4. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.

5. After taking an altitude reading, Hornblower says that he's never been ________________.

(see the answer key)

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