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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hornblower know the captain of the Porta Coeli?
(a) He serves under Hornblower.
(b) They do not know each other.
(c) They are schoolmates.
(d) Their wives are friends.

2. What does Hornblower think of the Flame's crew and their demands?
(a) They are lying and therefore have no case.
(b) The Admiralty should ignore the matter.
(c) Chadwick obviously doesn't treat them harshly enough.
(d) Flogging is a cruel punishment and the crew has his sympathies.

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. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?
(a) Escorting his wife on a shopping expedition.
(b) At his home in Bath.
(c) Aboard His Majesty's Flame.
(d) At Westminster Abbey.

5. Just before he meets the Flame's crew, what is Hornblower's plan? What is he going to do with the Flame's crew?
(a) Hornblower has no concrete plans.
(b) Hornblower plans to send Lieutenant Freeman aboard to reason with them.
(c) Hornblower plans to order the Porta Coeli to fire and sink the ship.
(d) Hornblower plans to have Lieutenant Chadwick arrested to appease the crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the captain of Porta Coeli?

2. What happens if a ship like Porta Coeli captures an enemy ship?

3. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?

4. What type of ship is a French West Indiaman?

5. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?

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