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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Hornblower receive from one of the prisoners from the French East Indian ship?
(a) The Mayor of Le Havre recently dies.
(b) There is an outbreak of dysentery at Le Havre.
(c) Le Havre plans to attack both the English ships.
(d) Bonaparte loses another major battle at Leipzig.

2. Where do they hold the Congress to decide the fate of post-war Europe?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

3. What happens when Hornblower arrives at Rouen?
(a) He has to fight a duel.
(b) He meets with no resistance.
(c) He has to retreat due to superior force.
(d) He is captured.

4. 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 are bored with the détente.
(c) They think the Flame is the Porta Coeli.
(d) They have orders to fire on all English ships.

5. What happens to one of Hornblower's previous ships, the Sutherland?
(a) It is damaged so badly that retires from duty.
(b) It sinks after a battle off the Normandy coast.
(c) It is renamed the Phoenix.
(d) Hornblower surrenders it to the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hornblower and his wife meet at one of the state functions?

2. Why is Hornblower angry at the Duke d'Angoulême?

3. Why is Hornblower not happy and is awkward with his wife when she visits him at Le Havre?

4. What news does Colonel Dobbs pass onto Hornblower during the visit by the French royal at Le Havre?

5. Who is Lebrun?

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