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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. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?
(a) Barbara, the Duke of Wellington's sister.
(b) Maria, his childhood sweetheart.
(c) Charlotte, a neighbor.
(d) Jane, a sister of one of Hornblower's shipmates.

2. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?
(a) Making a fist and touching the forehead.
(b) Givinig a wolf whistle.
(c) Holding up four fingers.
(d) Waving with the left hand and then saluting.

3. What does Hornblower read in the newspaper from England?
(a) A gossip column piece, insinuating his wife is having an affair.
(b) Napoleon is assembling troops to attack Leipzig.
(c) An account of his actions with the Flame.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick is exiled to Jamaica.

4. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?
(a) An old shipmate.
(b) Another passenger.
(c) His servant Brown who brings tea.
(d) Some of Freeman's officers.

5. What does Hornblower think of the judgment for the mutineers?
(a) He wishes the ringleader can stand trial.
(b) It is justice.
(c) He doesn't like it but he isn't going to intervene.
(d) It is too harsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other honor is Hornblower awarded?

2. Why does the French react the way they do when the Flame sails into Le Havre?

3. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

4. What does Hornblower speculate happens on the Flame as it starts to sail to shore?

5. What happens to Captain Bush after the encounter with Napoleon's troops at Caudebec?

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