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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. What does placards promise for the Comte's followers?
(a) Clemency for all who are deserted.
(b) Death for all.
(c) Imprisonment if they don't give themselves up.
(d) Transportation to a penal colony if they don't give themselves up.

2. What does Lieutenant Freeman offer to do for the other captains?
(a) Play whist for low stakes.
(b) Tell their fortunes with a pack of cards.
(c) Teach them how to play a Gypsy card game.
(d) Teach them some card tricks.

3. What does Hornblower think of the Napoleonic War?
(a) He wishes the Americans join in.
(b) He thinks it is over before the end of the year.
(c) It is too bad that the Russians don't trounce Napoleon and his army.
(d) He is sick of it and wishes it is over.

4. Why is Hornblower not happy and is awkward with his wife when she visits him at Le Havre?
(a) He is on active duty and is not comfortable having his wife around.
(b) She keeps trying to get him to retire and go back to England.
(c) She is embarrassing him by singing his praises to everyone.
(d) He thinks she is having an affair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a chasse-marée?

2. What does the local magistrate tell the Comte after he is captured by Napoleon's troops?

3. What saves Hornblower, the Comte, and Brown from execution?

4. What does the crew of the Flame want?

5. What does Hornblower do instead of going to the Congress?

(see the answer key)

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