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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 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.

2. What does Hornblower suffer from that he finds embarrassing?
(a) Fear of heights.
(b) Fear of lightning.
(c) Seasickness.
(d) Ear infections.

3. What type of ship is the Flame?
(a) Twenty-four gun brig.
(b) A French gunboat.
(c) East Indian merchant ship.
(d) Eighteen-gun brig.

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

5. What is Horatio Hornblower's rank?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Captain.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Commodore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?

2. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?

3. At the Duke's banquet and reception, what does Hornblower do that ruins the night for his wife?

4. What is typical of Hornblower's share of prize money from a captured enemy ship?

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

(see the answer key)

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