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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. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) Surrenders.
(b) Commits suicide.
(c) Makes a last stand in Paris.
(d) Abdicates.

2. What does Hornblower plan to do about Napoleon's show of force?
(a) Send Lebrun over to negotiate.
(b) Send for reinforcements from England.
(c) Have soldiers board barges to attack the French.
(d) Fortify the town for a long siege.

3. How does Hornblower feel about Sweet's death?
(a) Barbara wants him to kill the man.
(b) He wishes it is Chadwick instead.
(c) He has to die.
(d) Nothing, he has seen too many die.

4. Who is the captain of Porta Coeli?
(a) Lieutenant Freeman.
(b) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(c) Lord St. Vincent.
(d) Captain Bush.

5. What does Hornblower notice as he is about to go into battle at Le Havre?
(a) Lieutenant Freeman is nervous.
(b) Brown is not standing beside him as usual.
(c) It is going to rain soon.
(d) How well the navigator is doing bringing the Porta Coeli around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?

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

3. Who is with Hornblower the last time he is at the Chateau de Graçay?

4. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush?

5. What is Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay's relationship to the Comte de Graçay?

(see the answer key)

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