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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. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?
(a) Roast beef sandwiches, water.
(b) Cold salt beef, tinned biscuits, claret.
(c) Meat pies, ale.
(d) Roast chicken, potatoes, watered wine.

2. What else does Admiral Pellow send as reinforcements?
(a) 10 cannons.
(b) Three hundred marines.
(c) Sixty cavalry.
(d) A battalion of soldiers who need transport to France.

3. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?
(a) The crew set fire to the Flame.
(b) The crew surrenders to the French.
(c) The crew delibrately sink the ship.
(d) The crew hang Lieutenant Chadwick.

4. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the sentiments of the Mayor and other prominent citizens of Le Havre?
(a) They admire Hornblower and want to invite him to dinner.
(b) They have no sympathy for the mutineers and turn them over.
(c) They are tired of war.
(d) They are all loyal Bonapartists.

5. Who is the Duke d'Angoulême's wife?
(a) The daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
(b) The daughter of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette.
(c) The illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Cumberland and Anne Horton.
(d) The niece of the English Prime Minister, William Pitt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Hornblower arrives at Rouen?

2. What happens if a ship like Porta Coeli captures an enemy ship?

3. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?

4. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?

5. What is Horatio Hornblower's rank?

(see the answer key)

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