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

2. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?
(a) A midshipman.
(b) Nathaniel Sweet.
(c) No one meets Hornblower.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick.

3. What is unique about Lord St. Vincent's instructions to Hornblower?
(a) Hornblower is given carte blanche to deal with the mutineers as necessary.
(b) Hornblower is told to destroy the ship immediately.
(c) Hornblower is told to administer justice by finding Lieutenant Chadwick guilty of insubordination.
(d) Hornblower is essentially given a blank cheque for ransom purposes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?

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

4. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?

5. What does the crew of the Flame want?

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