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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 Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?
(a) They serve as midshipmen together on the same ship.
(b) Lieutenant Chadwick's wife is Hornblower's first cousin.
(c) They are schoolmates.
(d) Their families have neighboring estates.

2. 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) Use his contacts and hire blockade runners willing to take him.
(d) Sail incognito on a fishing boat.

3. What happens if a ship like Porta Coeli captures an enemy ship?
(a) The crew gets one hour to do as they like on the enemy ship.
(b) The enemy ship is set on fire and sunk.
(c) The officers and crew split the prize money from the sale and refit of the ship.
(d) The officers automatically get a promotion.

4. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He asks Hornblower.
(b) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.
(c) He calculates their position using the stars.
(d) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?

2. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?

3. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

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

5. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?

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