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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 do the sailors think of Hornblower's daily ritual?
(a) They think daily is unnecessary, weekly is good enough.
(b) They all follow his example.
(c) They heartily approve.
(d) The Commodore has very strange habits.

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

3. How does the Hornblower's impasse with the Duke d'Angoulême resolve itself?
(a) The Duke's advisors intervenes and works things out.
(b) Hornblower relents, but remembers this day.
(c) The Mayor of Le Havre intervenes and works things out.
(d) Lebrun provides some additional information that saves the day.

4. What is typical of a crew's share of the prize money from a captured enemy ship?
(a) As much as a hundred pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(b) About ten pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(c) As much as the captain considered fair; it is captain's discretion.
(d) Choice of one item from the captured ship, in order of seniority

5. Who is Lebrun?
(a) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.
(b) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.
(c) He is an American spy from New Orleans.
(d) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the French do when the Flame starts sailing to shore?

2. What does Hornblower think of Brown's plans?

3. What is the news from the war front (March 1814)?

4. How does Hornblower get onto the Flame?

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

(see the answer key)

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