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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hornblower know the captain of the Porta Coeli?
(a) Their wives are friends.
(b) They are schoolmates.
(c) He serves under Hornblower.
(d) They do not know each other.

2. Who is the captain of His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(b) Captain Bush.
(c) Captain Horatio Hornblower.
(d) Lieutenant Freeman.

3. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower about the sentiments of the Mayor and other prominent citizens of Le Havre?
(a) They are tired of war.
(b) They are all loyal Bonapartists.
(c) They have no sympathy for the mutineers and turn them over.
(d) They admire Hornblower and want to invite him to dinner.

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 recalled to answer charges of insurbordination.
(c) He is waiting for his ship to be repaired.
(d) He is attending a funeral of a friend at Westminster Abbey.

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

6. What happens as the Porta Coeli sights the Flame?
(a) Another ship appears.
(b) The Flame sends a boat over to negotiate.
(c) The Flame raises sails to meet them.
(d) Hornblower gives orders to fire.

7. Why is Hornblower's assignment regarding the Flame particularly difficult?
(a) There are a lot of privateers operating nearby.
(b) The ship is difficult to find as only the general location is known.
(c) Spanish privateers are closing in.
(d) The ship needs to be captured by subterfuge or negotiation and not force.

8. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?
(a) Roast beef sandwiches, water.
(b) Roast chicken, potatoes, watered wine.
(c) Meat pies, ale.
(d) Cold salt beef, tinned biscuits, claret.

9. Who is Lebrun?
(a) He is an American spy from New Orleans.
(b) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.
(c) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.
(d) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.

10. What news does Hornblower receive from one of the prisoners from the French East Indian ship?
(a) There is an outbreak of dysentery at Le Havre.
(b) Le Havre plans to attack both the English ships.
(c) Bonaparte loses another major battle at Leipzig.
(d) The Mayor of Le Havre recently dies.

11. What else does Lebrun want for helping Hornblower?
(a) Money and a safe passage to America.
(b) An introduction to the Prince Regent.
(c) An import license for colonial goods.
(d) Hornblower's word of honor that the English don't know who sets up the deal.

12. What does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?
(a) Chadwick's signed confession.
(b) Letters and promises from the French.
(c) The crews' injuries from the constant flogging.
(d) New orders from the Admiralty.

13. What does Hornblower do with the Flame's mutinous crew?
(a) He puts them back under Lieutenant Chadwick's control.
(b) He sends them all back to the England for a court martial.
(c) He has them all imprisoned in the brig.
(d) He pardons forty of them.

14. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.
(b) A midshipman assigned to him.
(c) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.
(d) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.

15. What does the crew of the Flame want?
(a) A full pardon and a trial for Lieutenant Chadwick.
(b) Shore leave as they are on the ship for over a year.
(c) A commendation for their Captain for services above and beyond.
(d) A fair share of the prize money taken by their sister ship, the Porta Coeli.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hornblower remember Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

2. How doesl Hornblower get to the Flame?

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

4. How does Hornblower feel about Sweet's death?

5. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?

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