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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are all midshipmen trained NOT to do?
(a) Drink too much rum.
(b) Put their hands in their pockets.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Swear.

2. Why does the Captain climb down the hatchway?
(a) To get some exercise.
(b) To secure some more rum.
(c) To follow Wellard.
(d) To catch the mutineers.

3. Who is the first to say that the Captain has been hurt?
(a) Wellard.
(b) Whiting.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Bush.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how many days have passed since the change in command?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

5. How many shipmen are on board the Renown?
(a) 440.
(b) 770.
(c) 740.
(d) 704.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Captain fell, he landed on his ___________.

2. Who says of Wellard, "He knows nothing, sir. He doesn't know the bobstay from the spanker-boom."?

3. Buckland, as acting Captain, seems to be quite ______________.

4. When asked how the Captain fell down the hatchway, Hornblower replies _______________.

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

(see the answer key)

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