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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. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?
(a) Captain Sawyer.
(b) Lieutanent Chadwick.
(c) Harding.
(d) His servant, Brown.

2. What does the Flame do when they sail close to Le Havre?
(a) Start fighting the French.
(b) Fire on the Porta Coeli to show they switched sides.
(c) Raise a flag of surrender.
(d) Turn around and flee.

3. Who is the Sovereign of the Order?
(a) Prince Regent.
(b) Queen Charlotte.
(c) King George.
(d) Duke of Wellington.

4. What does Hornblower think of the Flame's crew and their demands?
(a) The Admiralty should ignore the matter.
(b) Chadwick obviously doesn't treat them harshly enough.
(c) Flogging is a cruel punishment and the crew has his sympathies.
(d) They are lying and therefore have no case.

5. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?
(a) Aboard His Majesty's Flame.
(b) At Westminster Abbey.
(c) Escorting his wife on a shopping expedition.
(d) At his home in Bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Hornblower tries to carry out his plan the Porta Coeli masquerade?

2. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?

3. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?

4. How is it possible that Hornblower's plan with the the Porta Coeli masquerade to work?

5. How does Nathaniel Sweet, the leader of the mutineers, die?

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