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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. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.
(b) A midshipman assigned to him.
(c) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.
(d) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.

2. What does the crew of the Flame want?
(a) A fair share of the prize money taken by their sister ship, the Porta Coeli.
(b) A commendation for their Captain for services above and beyond.
(c) A full pardon and a trial for Lieutenant Chadwick.
(d) Shore leave as they are on the ship for over a year.

3. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?
(a) Chadwick is a genius and has a way with numbers and calculations.
(b) Chadwick is a bully and a tyrant.
(c) Chadwick is a bit of a buffoon, but generally harmless.
(d) Chadwick is a poor sailor, always seasick.

4. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?
(a) Pay for passage aboard an American ship to France and then make his way overland.
(b) Sail on the Flame's sister ship.
(c) Sail incognito on a fishing boat.
(d) Use his contacts and hire blockade runners willing to take him.

5. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?
(a) He is attending a funeral of a friend at Westminster Abbey.
(b) He is recalled to answer charges of insurbordination.
(c) He is still recuperating from his bout of typhus.
(d) He is waiting for his ship to be repaired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about Lord St. Vincent's instructions to Hornblower?

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

3. How does the Porta Coeli crew feel about Hornblower?

4. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?

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?

(see the answer key)

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