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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 is the captain of His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(b) Lieutenant Freeman.
(c) Captain Bush.
(d) Captain Horatio Hornblower.

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

3. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?
(a) He writes a report to the Admiralty.
(b) He orders Brown to make him tea.
(c) He orders the sailmaker to make four top sails.
(d) He orders Freeman to fire on the Flame.

4. What does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?
(a) He is relieving Lieutenant Freeman of his command.
(b) That the crew of the Flame mutinies.
(c) They are picking up spies that the Flame captures.
(d) They are on their way to Spain to rescue stranded British soldiers.

5. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?
(a) Prince of Wales.
(b) Lord St. Vincent.
(c) No one, he already has an assignment.
(d) Duke of Wellington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?

2. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

3. Who is the Sovereign of the Order?

4. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?

5. Why is Hornblower's assignment regarding the Flame particularly difficult?

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