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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does Hornblower do to make his plan with the Porta Coeli masquerade work?
(a) Get Lieutenant Freeman's agreement.
(b) Paint over the name of the ship.
(c) Have the crew clean up the ship.
(d) Nothing, they are good to go.

2. Why does the French react the way they do when the Flame sails into Le Havre?
(a) They think the Flame leads the attack the night before.
(b) They have orders to fire on all English ships.
(c) They think the Flame is the Porta Coeli.
(d) They are bored with the détente.

3. What else does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?
(a) An introduction to the Prince Regent.
(b) Money and a safe passage to America.
(c) An import license for colonial goods.
(d) Hornblower's word of honor that the English don't know who sets up the deal.

4. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris?
(a) Conscription is mandated for all.
(b) The war is over.
(c) Taxes is repealed.
(d) Napoleon wins a crucial battle in Leipzig.

5. What does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?
(a) Credit for setting up the deal.
(b) An introduction to the Duke of Wellington.
(c) He wants Hornblower to make him Mayor of Le Havre.
(d) A share of the merchant ship prize.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does some of the Flame mutineers say to Hornblower after the battle at Le Havre?

2. Who is Lebrun?

3. Who teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?

4. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?

5. As part of Lebrun's scheme, what is Hornblower's task?

(see the answer key)

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