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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does an English ship have a Spanish name - Porta Coeli?
(a) It is named as a gesture of good will.
(b) It is named after a Spanish ship that puts up a good fight.
(c) It is financed by Spanish noblemen exiled in England.
(d) It is named after the place where it is built.

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

3. What does Hornblower do once the fighting is over at Le Havre?
(a) He sinks the Flame.
(b) He sends the Porta Coeli back to the Admiralty with news.
(c) He secures the Porta Coeli, the Flame, and the Bonne Celestine.
(d) He sinks the Bonne Celestine.

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

5. What does Hornblower think of Admiral Pellew?
(a) He is a pompous ass.
(b) He is too old for active duty.
(c) He is a good friend and ally.
(d) He is a proud man, but has good reason to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date that Hornblower notes is the final day of the insurgent effort?

2. What does Hornblower have to do for the royal banquet that he particularly dislikes?

3. What happens to one of Hornblower's previous ships, the Sutherland?

4. What does Hornblower plan to do with the militia?

5. Why is Hornblower upset by the English newspaper article?

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