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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 French do when the Flame starts sailing to shore?
(a) Fire the citadel's batteries.
(b) Ignore the ship.
(c) Send a welcoming committee of dignitaries.
(d) Send gun boats.

2. How does Hornblower get onto the Flame?
(a) Freeman lowers a boat and Hornblower is rowed over.
(b) He swings over on a rope when the two ships are close enough.
(c) He swims over.
(d) He jumps when the two ships are close enough.

3. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower he can do?
(a) Supply him with the best French brandy.
(b) Tell him the schedules and locations of other French East Indian ship.
(c) Convince the Mayor to declare Le Havre for King Louis XVIII.
(d) Have Napoleon Bonaparte assassinated.

4. What is the first indication that things are not going well for the attack force sent to fight Napoleon's troops?
(a) A deserter is caught and says the attackers are wiped out.
(b) A French citizen gives Hornblower an eye-witness account of a massacre.
(c) Captain Bush comes back with what's left of the attack force.
(d) Hornblower is woken up in the middle of the night and told of a huge explosion.

5. How does Hornblower know the Comte de Graçay?
(a) He is a friend who shelters Hornblower when he is a fugitive.
(b) He is a good friend of Lord St. Vincent.
(c) He is a prisoner Hornblower captures then ransoms.
(d) He is a spy who Hornblower has dealings with before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower do with the Flame's mutinous crew?

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

3. What does Hornblower think of Admiral Pellew?

4. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?

5. What does Barbara do that contributes to the drifting apart of her relationship with Hornblower?

(see the answer key)

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