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

2. Which seaman is reported to Bush as being drunk?
(a) Abbott.
(b) Wellard.
(c) Black.
(d) Hobbs.

3. What rank is Bush on the ship?
(a) 4th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 5th.

4. Buckland is ______ than most on the ship.
(a) More decisive.
(b) More clear-headed.
(c) Wearier.
(d) More tired.

5. Smith is ranked __________.
(a) 2nd.
(b) 4th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 5th.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the Captain restrained?

2. What is the name of the island that is the new destination of the ship?

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

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

5. Since when have the British been at war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Silk's efforts at breaking down the Spanish fort's wooden door.

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

3. How does the author negatively characterize Buckland in Chapter 8?

4. How does Lt. Bush categorize naval officers?

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

6. Describe Hornblower's appearance throughout Chapter 10.

7. Why does Bush ask Hornblower, "How did the Captain fall down the hatchway?"

8. How is the long swell of the Atlantic described as a man at the beginning of Chapter 9?

9. How have the attitudes of the ship changed since the change in command?

10. Phosphorescence is ________________.

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