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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 Hornblower have to do with the mutineers who aren't pardoned?
(a) Hold the court martial trial at Le Havre.
(b) Help the Admiralty reallocate them to other ships.
(c) Sign the court martial papers to hang them.
(d) Sign the court martial papers and sentence them to hard labor.

2. Who does Hornblower and his wife meet at one of the state functions?
(a) Lucien de Ladon and his widowed daughter-in-law.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) King George III and Queen Charlotte.
(d) The Prince Regent.

3. 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) Hornblower is woken up in the middle of the night and told of a huge explosion.
(c) Captain Bush comes back with what's left of the attack force.
(d) A French citizen gives Hornblower an eye-witness account of a massacre.

4. Who is among the reinforcements that Admiral Pellew sends?
(a) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(b) Captain Bush.
(c) An American spy.
(d) Admiral Pellew.

5. What does Hornblower have to do for the royal banquet that he particularly dislikes?
(a) Keep up with the Duke d'Angoulême's drinking.
(b) Wear all his medals.
(c) Have his hair powdered.
(d) Make a speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower do with Lieutenant Chadwick?

2. At the royal banquet, what does Hornblower realize about his wife?

3. Where do they hold the Congress to decide the fate of post-war Europe?

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

5. What types of weapons does Hornblower carry into combat?

(see the answer key)

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