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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who asks Hornblower, "How did the captain come to fall down the hatchway?" at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Clive.
(b) Bush.
(c) Buckland.
(d) Smith.

3. Why does the Captain order Wellard below decks for a second time?
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) He disobeys orders.
(d) He has been misbehaving

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

5. Wellard is punished by being beaten with ______________.
(a) Captain Sawyer's leather strap.
(b) Mr. Booth's whip.
(c) Captain Sawyer's silver-mounted cane.
(d) Mr. Booth's silver-mounted cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all midshipmen trained NOT to do?

2. The surgeon's assistants are _____________.

3. Lieutenants are promoted through merit _______.

4. Mr. Lomax is ______________.

5. What rank is Hornblower on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four shipmen discussing on the darkened lower gun deck at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Describe Hornblower's appearance throughout Chapter 10.

3. Describe the breakfast that the shipmen have at the beginning of Chapter 5.

4. What would happen if the Renown sailed into Kingston with either a success or if "she came limping in"?

5. How is Horatio Hornblower described physically at the beginning of Chapter 1?

6. Describe the injuries that the Captain suffers after his fall down the hatchway.

7. What are the specific commission dates for the Lieutenants Bush, Hornblower, and Smith?

8. How is the Captain "pitiful" after his fall down the hatchway?

9. Phosphorescence is ________________.

10. What does it mean to "kiss the gunner's daughter" in naval terms?

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