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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 is Lebrun?
(a) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.
(b) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.
(c) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.
(d) He is an American spy from New Orleans.

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

3. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?
(a) New orders from the Admiralty.
(b) Letters and promises from the French.
(c) Chadwick's signed confession.
(d) The crews' injuries from the constant flogging.

4. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?
(a) There are only half the number of enemy soldiers as first estimated.
(b) Wellington sends reinforcements.
(c) The locals are going to fight with them.
(d) The French abandon Rouen.

5. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.
(b) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(c) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.
(d) Spends the night with his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?

2. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?

3. Who does Hornblower and his wife meet at one of the state functions?

4. What else does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?

5. What does Barbara do that contributes to the drifting apart of her relationship with Hornblower?

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