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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. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?
(a) Lieutenant Chadwick's wife is Hornblower's first cousin.
(b) Their families have neighboring estates.
(c) They serve as midshipmen together on the same ship.
(d) They are schoolmates.

2. What does the Duchess appoint the Comte de Graçay?
(a) Mayor of Nevers.
(b) Military advisor to the Duke.
(c) General of the Royalist army.
(d) Lieutenant-General of the King in the Nivernais.

3. What happens to Brown's wife, Annette?
(a) Hornblower makes her leave with the others to save her life.
(b) She stays with Brown, refusing to leave her new husband.
(c) She tries to cross the river and drowns.
(d) Brown defies Hornblower's orders and leaves with Annette.

4. What does Hornblower read in the newspaper from England?
(a) Napoleon is assembling troops to attack Leipzig.
(b) A gossip column piece, insinuating his wife is having an affair.
(c) Lieutenant Chadwick is exiled to Jamaica.
(d) An account of his actions with the Flame.

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 proud man, but has good reason to be.
(d) He is a good friend and ally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is surprising about the city of Nevers?

2. Why does Hornblower find the visit by the French royal sent to Le Havre annoying?

3. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris?

4. What does the success of Hornblower's plan the Porta Coeli masquerade mean?

5. How does Napoleon respond to the Comte and his followers?

(see the answer key)

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