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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. Why is it better to be a Captain than a Lieutenant?
(a) You get to name your ship when you get one.
(b) You get your choice of ships and postings.
(c) You get three times the pay and prize money as a Captain.
(d) You get to retire whenever you want.

2. What does the French do when the Flame starts sailing to shore?
(a) Ignore the ship.
(b) Send gun boats.
(c) Fire the citadel's batteries.
(d) Send a welcoming committee of dignitaries.

3. What happens after Hornblower captures the French gunboat in the battle at Le Havre?
(a) He goes back to the Porta Coeli.
(b) He leads his men over to the Flame.
(c) He stays on the French gunboat and waits to see what happens.
(d) He trips over a loose board and drops his sword.

4. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?
(a) Pay for passage aboard an American ship to France and then make his way overland.
(b) Sail on the Flame's sister ship.
(c) Sail incognito on a fishing boat.
(d) Use his contacts and hire blockade runners willing to take him.

5. What does Hornblower plan to do with the Porta Coeli, after he comes back from meeting with the mutineers?
(a) Have the Porta Coeli masquerade as the Flame and capture the French East Indian ship.
(b) Sail into Le Havre on a flag of truce to negotiate with the French.
(c) Ram the Flame as soon as he gets the men ready.
(d) Sail back to report his failure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hornblower think of the Napoleonic War?

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

4. What is typical of a crew's share of the prize money from a captured enemy ship?

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

(see the answer key)

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