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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duchess appoint the Comte de Graçay?
(a) Mayor of Nevers.
(b) Lieutenant-General of the King in the Nivernais.
(c) Military advisor to the Duke.
(d) General of the Royalist army.

2. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?
(a) They are schoolmates.
(b) Their families have neighboring estates.
(c) They serve as midshipmen together on the same ship.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick's wife is Hornblower's first cousin.

3. What is typical of Hornblower's share of prize money from a captured enemy ship?
(a) First choice of one item from the captured ship.
(b) As much as a thousand pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(c) As much as he considered fair; captain's discretion.
(d) About ten pounds, depending on the type of ship.

4. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?
(a) There are only half the number of enemy soldiers as first estimated.
(b) The French abandon Rouen.
(c) The locals are going to fight with them.
(d) Wellington sends reinforcements.

5. What does Hornblower think of the judgment for the mutineers?
(a) He doesn't like it but he isn't going to intervene.
(b) He wishes the ringleader can stand trial.
(c) It is justice.
(d) It is too harsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower plan to do with the Duke d'Angoulême?

2. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?

3. What happens to Captain Bush after the encounter with Napoleon's troops at Caudebec?

4. What is the name of the French gunboat that Hornblower boards in the fight at Le Havre?

5. Who accompanies Hornblower on this trip to the Chateau de Graçay?

(see the answer key)

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