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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. When does Hornblower learn long splicing?
(a) As a midshipmen.
(b) He never learns.
(c) Before he boards his first ship.
(d) Just recently while he is convalescing.

2. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?
(a) The Flame sends a boat over to negotiate.
(b) Another ship appears.
(c) The Flame raises sails to meet them.
(d) Hornblower gives orders to fire.

3. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?
(a) Jane, a sister of one of Hornblower's shipmates.
(b) Maria, his childhood sweetheart.
(c) Barbara, the Duke of Wellington's sister.
(d) Charlotte, a neighbor.

4. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?
(a) Fear of lightning.
(b) Ear infections.
(c) Seasickness.
(d) Fear of heights.

5. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?
(a) At the docks in Liverpool.
(b) Close to the French port city of Le Havre.
(c) About a mile off the coast of Dover.
(d) On its way to Jamaica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it better to be a Captain than a Lieutenant?

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

3. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?

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

5. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?

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