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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What colors are the Spanish officers' uniforms?
(a) Green and white.
(b) White and gold.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Blue and gold.

2. Buckland's _______ is apparent to the ship's crew.
(a) Incoherence.
(b) Intent.
(c) Insensibility.
(d) Indecision.

3. Hornblower shows recognition that the Captain's behavior is unusual by ______________.
(a) Laughing.
(b) Rolling his eyes.
(c) Flickering one eyebrow.
(d) Muttering.

4. In the language of the sea, "handsomely" means ________________.
(a) Attractively.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Safely.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which shipman dies during the fort's attack on the ship?

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

3. Which shipman takes an axe to the fort's wooden door?

4. The Captain orders _______ and _______ to report properly dressed when every watch is called.

5. The HMS Renown has ______ guns.

(see the answer key)

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