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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the Captain's fall, the surgeon says that the Captain is _______________.
(a) Weak.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Not fit for duty.
(d) Insensible.

2. Most of the Captain's injuries are to his _______________.
(a) Back.
(b) Legs.
(c) Chest.
(d) Head.

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

4. The word _______ strikes Bush's ear with special emphasis as the Captain reads.
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Death.
(c) Justice.
(d) Quarrel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At dinner, which officer keeps his mouth shut?

2. Which sailor(s) on the ship have a higher rank than Junior Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower?

3. Hornblower suffers from ________________.

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

5. Captain Sawyer's attitude when he looks around the quarterdeck for the first time revolves around ______________.

(see the answer key)

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