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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 is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?
(a) His son's governess.
(b) His wife Barbara's best friend.
(c) His ex-governess.
(d) An ex-lover.

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

3. What saves Hornblower, the Comte, and Brown from execution?
(a) They are able to escape before the sentences are carried out.
(b) Napoleon himself intervenes and commutes the sentences.
(c) The news that Napoleon suffers a tremendous defeat at the hand of Wellington.
(d) The guns discharges incorrectly.

4. What does Hornblower have to do for the royal banquet that he particularly dislikes?
(a) Keep up with the Duke d'Angoulême's drinking.
(b) Have his hair powdered.
(c) Wear all his medals.
(d) Make a speech.

5. How does Marie die?
(a) She bleeds to death in Hornblower's arms.
(b) She falls into the river and drowns.
(c) She is trampled when her horse is shot from under her.
(d) She is bayoneted when she tries to escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Brown's wife, Annette?

2. What does Hornblower do when he hears the latest news about Napoleon regaining power?

3. How does the Hornblower's impasse with the Duke d'Angoulême resolve itself?

4. What does Hornblower have to do with the mutineers who aren't pardoned?

5. What type of reception does Hornblower receive when he arrives at the Chateau de Graçay?

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