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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 teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?
(a) Captain Sawyer.
(b) Lieutanent Chadwick.
(c) His servant, Brown.
(d) Harding.

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

3. What type of ship is the Flame?
(a) Eighteen-gun brig.
(b) Twenty-four gun brig.
(c) East Indian merchant ship.
(d) A French gunboat.

4. 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 have Lieutenant Chadwick arrested to appease the crew.
(d) Hornblower plans to order the Porta Coeli to fire and sink the ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Horatio Hornblower's rank?

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

3. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?

4. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?

5. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?

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