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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 tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?
(a) They are on their way to Spain to rescue stranded British soldiers.
(b) He is relieving Lieutenant Freeman of his command.
(c) That the crew of the Flame mutinies.
(d) They are picking up spies that the Flame captures.

2. What else does Admiral Pellow send as reinforcements?
(a) Sixty cavalry.
(b) Three hundred marines.
(c) 10 cannons.
(d) A battalion of soldiers who need transport to France.

3. What news does Colonel Dobbs pass onto Hornblower during the visit by the French royal at Le Havre?
(a) His troops is recalled.
(b) Wellington wants to give Hornblower a medal.
(c) Napoleon is sending troops to Le Havre.
(d) England is sending more reinforcements.

4. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?
(a) Use his contacts and hire blockade runners willing to take him.
(b) Sail incognito on a fishing boat.
(c) Pay for passage aboard an American ship to France and then make his way overland.
(d) Sail on the Flame's sister ship.

5. What is the news from the war front (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) Wellington lostes an engagement to the French.
(b) Napoleon is marching back to Rouen.
(c) The Admiralty abandones the blockade.
(d) General Blücher captures Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a militia arrive in Le Havre?

2. What does the Flame do when they sail close to Le Havre?

3. What is Hornblower afraid of when he hears Dobbs' news?

4. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?

5. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?

(see the answer key)

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