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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. What is typical of Hornblower's share of prize money from a captured enemy ship?
(a) About ten pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(b) First choice of one item from the captured ship.
(c) As much as a thousand pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(d) As much as he considered fair; captain's discretion.

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

3. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?
(a) Close to the French port city of Le Havre.
(b) About a mile off the coast of Dover.
(c) On its way to Jamaica.
(d) At the docks in Liverpool.

4. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He asks Hornblower.
(b) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.
(c) He calculates their position using the stars.
(d) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.

5. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?
(a) The Admiralty.
(b) Marie Therese, Empress, Queen and Regent.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) The citizens of Le Havre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?

2. Just before he meets the Flame's crew, what is Hornblower's plan? What is he going to do with the Flame's crew?

3. When does Hornblower learn long splicing?

4. What is a chasse-marée?

5. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?

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