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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 the Hornblower's impasse with the Duke d'Angoulême resolve itself?
(a) Hornblower relents, but remembers this day.
(b) The Duke's advisors intervenes and works things out.
(c) The Mayor of Le Havre intervenes and works things out.
(d) Lebrun provides some additional information that saves the day.

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

3. How does Lieutenant Freeman determine the ship's location in the dark?
(a) He calculates their position using the stars.
(b) He dredges up a soil sample from the bottom of the sea.
(c) He sends a seaman out in a tethered longboat.
(d) He asks Hornblower.

4. What is one of the last things LeBrun does before he is captured?
(a) Acts on the dispatches from Paris.
(b) Calculates the losses from this year's failed trading missions.
(c) Plots with Baron Momas to capture the English ships.
(d) Spends the night with his mistress.

5. When does Hornblower learn long splicing?
(a) He never learns.
(b) As a midshipmen.
(c) Before he boards his first ship.
(d) Just recently while he is convalescing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duchess Marie Thérèse tell Hornblower about Nevers and their reaction to Napoleon coming into power again?

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

3. What does Hornblower and the group try to do to evade capture after being cornered by Napoleon's troops?

4. How is Hornblower recognized for his services?

5. What news does Colonel Dobbs pass onto Hornblower during the visit by the French royal at Le Havre?

(see the answer key)

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