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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Captain read to the ship's company on the fourth Sunday of every month?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) The Articles of War.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) A church service.

2. Who makes a written statement about the Captain's fall?
(a) Wellard.
(b) Corporal Greenwood.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) Bush.

3. Which country's colors are flying at Samaná Bay's fort?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

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

5. The HMS Renown has ______ guns.
(a) 72.
(b) 74.
(c) 24.
(d) 47.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes does the Captain give Mr. Lomax to deliver spirits to all the men?

2. Hornblower suffers from ________________.

3. Hornblower becomes excited when getting glimpses of what alongside the ship?

4. When Hornblower states that he wishes they were going into action rather than running away, Bush calls him a ________________.

5. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.

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