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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. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?
(a) The ship is riding with the wind and gets there too quickly.
(b) The ship has to travel leeward, opposite to the direction of the Flame.
(c) One of the topsails rips due to the wind.
(d) The storm is preventing him from walking on deck.

2. What is the news from the war front (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) Wellington lostes an engagement to the French.
(b) General Blücher captures Paris.
(c) The Admiralty abandones the blockade.
(d) Napoleon is marching back to Rouen.

3. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?
(a) A red silk scarf.
(b) A blue belted sash.
(c) A linen shirt.
(d) An embroidered handkerchief.

4. What news does Hornblower receive from one of the prisoners from the French East Indian ship?
(a) There is an outbreak of dysentery at Le Havre.
(b) Bonaparte loses another major battle at Leipzig.
(c) Le Havre plans to attack both the English ships.
(d) The Mayor of Le Havre recently dies.

5. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about Baron Momas?
(a) His family business trades goods with the Americans.
(b) He is a captain in his own right and is in command of one of the gun boats.
(c) He is a spy for the English.
(d) He is a staunch Bonapartist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

2. Who is the Mayor of Le Havre?

3. Why is Hornblower not happy and is awkward with his wife when she visits him at Le Havre?

4. How does the Hornblower's impasse with the Duke d'Angoulême resolve itself?

5. Why does an English ship have a Spanish name - Porta Coeli?

(see the answer key)

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