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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 Porta Coeli?
(a) Lieutenant Freeman.
(b) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(c) Lord St. Vincent.
(d) Captain Bush.

2. How does Hornblower know the captain of the Porta Coeli?
(a) They do not know each other.
(b) He serves under Hornblower.
(c) They are schoolmates.
(d) Their wives are friends.

3. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?
(a) The Admiralty.
(b) Hornblower.
(c) Marie Therese, Empress, Queen and Regent.
(d) The citizens of Le Havre.

4. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?
(a) Roast chicken, potatoes, watered wine.
(b) Roast beef sandwiches, water.
(c) Cold salt beef, tinned biscuits, claret.
(d) Meat pies, ale.

5. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?
(a) Escorting his wife on a shopping expedition.
(b) At Westminster Abbey.
(c) Aboard His Majesty's Flame.
(d) At his home in Bath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the crew of the Flame want?

3. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?

4. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?

5. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

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