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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.
(b) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.
(c) A midshipman assigned to him.
(d) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.

2. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?
(a) The ship has to travel leeward, opposite to the direction of the Flame.
(b) One of the topsails rips due to the wind.
(c) The storm is preventing him from walking on deck.
(d) The ship is riding with the wind and gets there too quickly.

3. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower he can do?
(a) Convince the Mayor to declare Le Havre for King Louis XVIII.
(b) Supply him with the best French brandy.
(c) Have Napoleon Bonaparte assassinated.
(d) Tell him the schedules and locations of other French East Indian ship.

4. Who does Hornblower have on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) General Blücher.
(b) The mutineers from the Flame.
(c) Duke d'Angoulême.
(d) Local volunteers.

5. When does Hornblower learn long splicing?
(a) Just recently while he is convalescing.
(b) As a midshipmen.
(c) He never learns.
(d) Before he boards his first ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?

2. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?

3. As part of Lebrun's scheme, what is Hornblower's task?

4. Why does an English ship have a Spanish name - Porta Coeli?

5. What does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?

(see the answer key)

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