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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Captain Bush after the encounter with Napoleon's troops at Caudebec?
(a) He is severely wounded by a French soldier and has to have his leg amputated.
(b) He is killed during the attack by friendly fire.
(c) He is killed when a powder store explodes.
(d) He is blinded by a piece of shrapnel from the explosion.

3. 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) As much as he considered fair; captain's discretion.
(c) First choice of one item from the captured ship.
(d) As much as a thousand pounds, depending on the type of ship.

4. Who does Hornblower have on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Local volunteers.
(b) General Blücher.
(c) Duke d'Angoulême.
(d) The mutineers from the Flame.

5. Brown has plans of his own in France. What does he tell Hornblower?
(a) He is going to buy a farm.
(b) He is going to travel Europe now that the war is over.
(c) He is going to marry a local girl.
(d) He is going to go to Vienna and join Barbara and her maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?

2. What does the success of Hornblower's plan the Porta Coeli masquerade mean?

3. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?

4. Why is Hornblower talking to Lebrun in chapter eight?

5. At the night of Brown's wedding, what does the Comte tell Hornblower?

(see the answer key)

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