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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 3, the Renown is plunging across the ________________.
(a) Mediterranean.
(b) Atlantic.
(c) Pacific.
(d) Adriatic.

2. While discussing their plans for the Spanish, Buckland tells Hornblower that he talks like a __________________.
(a) Whippersnapper.
(b) Sea lawyer.
(c) King.
(d) Politician.

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

4. After taking an altitude reading, Hornblower says that he's never been ________________.
(a) As far north as this before.
(b) This close to the West Indies before.
(c) As far south as this before.
(d) This far away from England before.

5. Since when have the British been at war?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1693.
(c) None of the answers are correct.
(d) 1793.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shipmen are killed and wounded during the H.M.S. Renown's defeat at Samaná Bay?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, how many of the privateers' schooners are destroyed?

3. What are all midshipmen trained NOT to do?

4. During the Court of Inquiry, Buckland is what?

5. From whose perspective is the novel written?

(see the answer key)

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