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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?
(a) He is recalled to answer charges of insurbordination.
(b) He is attending a funeral of a friend at Westminster Abbey.
(c) He is waiting for his ship to be repaired.
(d) He is still recuperating from his bout of typhus.

2. How does Hornblower feel about Sweet's death?
(a) Nothing, he has seen too many die.
(b) Barbara wants him to kill the man.
(c) He has to die.
(d) He wishes it is Chadwick instead.

3. What does Hornblower do once the fighting is over at Le Havre?
(a) He sinks the Flame.
(b) He secures the Porta Coeli, the Flame, and the Bonne Celestine.
(c) He sends the Porta Coeli back to the Admiralty with news.
(d) He sinks the Bonne Celestine.

4. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?
(a) Prince of Wales.
(b) No one, he already has an assignment.
(c) Lord St. Vincent.
(d) Duke of Wellington.

5. What type of ship is a French West Indiaman?
(a) A blockage runner.
(b) A French gunboat.
(c) A ship of the line.
(d) A privateer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?

2. What types of weapons does Hornblower carry into combat?

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

4. Why is Hornblower's assignment regarding the Flame particularly difficult?

5. What type of ship is the Flame?

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