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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?
(a) Another passenger.
(b) An old shipmate.
(c) Some of Freeman's officers.
(d) His servant Brown who brings tea.

2. Who is the Sovereign of the Order?
(a) Duke of Wellington.
(b) Queen Charlotte.
(c) King George.
(d) Prince Regent.

3. 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.

4. How does Nathaniel Sweet, the leader of the mutineers, die?
(a) The mutineers kill him hoping this excuses their behavior.
(b) Hornblower shoots him as he swims towards the shore.
(c) He is killed by shot from the French gunboats.
(d) He is killed by a French sailor.

5. How is it possible that Hornblower's plan with the the Porta Coeli masquerade to work?
(a) They are too far from shore for the French to get a good look at the Flame.
(b) The Flame and the Porta Coeli are sister ships and look alike.
(c) It is a game of chicken and Hornblower knows his men don't fail him.
(d) The French can't tell one English ship from another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if a ship like Porta Coeli captures an enemy ship?

2. What does the success of Hornblower's plan the Porta Coeli masquerade mean?

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

4. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?

5. How does Hornblower know the captain of the Porta Coeli?

(see the answer key)

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