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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 position does Hornblower assume at Le Havre after the surrender of the town?
(a) Governor.
(b) Amicus curiae.
(c) President of the newly formed Le Havre trading delegation.
(d) Mayor.

2. What does Hornblower plan to do about Napoleon's show of force?
(a) Have soldiers board barges to attack the French.
(b) Send Lebrun over to negotiate.
(c) Send for reinforcements from England.
(d) Fortify the town for a long siege.

3. At the beginning of the book, Horatio Hornblower is not aboard a ship, why?
(a) He is recalled to answer charges of insurbordination.
(b) He is still recuperating from his bout of typhus.
(c) He is attending a funeral of a friend at Westminster Abbey.
(d) He is waiting for his ship to be repaired.

4. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.
(b) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.
(c) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.
(d) A midshipman assigned to him.

5. What does Hornblower notice as he is about to go into battle at Le Havre?
(a) How well the navigator is doing bringing the Porta Coeli around.
(b) Lieutenant Freeman is nervous.
(c) It is going to rain soon.
(d) Brown is not standing beside him as usual.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the night of Brown's wedding, what does the Comte tell Hornblower?

2. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris?

3. How does Hornblower know Admiral Pellew?

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

5. What is the news from the war front (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?

(see the answer key)

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