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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 else does Brown tell Hornblower he plans to do?
(a) Go to America and seek his fortune.
(b) Use his saved prize money and settle down in Rome.
(c) Open an inn in Paris.
(d) Join the Porta Coeli crew and become Captain Freeman's servant.

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

3. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the sentiments of the Mayor and other prominent citizens of Le Havre?
(a) They have no sympathy for the mutineers and turn them over.
(b) They are all loyal Bonapartists.
(c) They are tired of war.
(d) They admire Hornblower and want to invite him to dinner.

4. What is the news from the war front (March 1814)?
(a) Bonaparte suffers a major setback at Soissons.
(b) Prime Minister Pitt is considering conscription.
(c) Napoleon is in secret talks with the Americans.
(d) The Duke of Wellington is suffering from gout and has to postpone a planned attack.

5. What does Hornblower think of Admiral Pellew?
(a) He is a pompous ass.
(b) He is a good friend and ally.
(c) He is too old for active duty.
(d) He is a proud man, but has good reason to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?

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

3. What happens when Hornblower tries to carry out his plan the Porta Coeli masquerade?

4. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?

5. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?

(see the answer key)

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