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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Colonel Dobbs pass onto Hornblower during the visit by the French royal at Le Havre?
(a) England is sending more reinforcements.
(b) Napoleon is sending troops to Le Havre.
(c) His troops is recalled.
(d) Wellington wants to give Hornblower a medal.

2. What does Barbara do that contributes to the drifting apart of her relationship with Hornblower?
(a) She refuses to sleep with Hornblower.
(b) She refuses to stay in Le Havre and leaves for England.
(c) She asks her brother to commend Hornblower to the Prince Regent.
(d) She accepts the role of unofficial hostess for England at the Congress.

3. Who is still with Hornblower when the French troops catch up with them?
(a) Just Brown.
(b) Brown, the Comte de Graçay, and Marie.
(c) Just the Comte de Graçay.
(d) The Comte de Graçay and Marie, Brown and Annette.

4. What is one of the many things Hornblower does in his new position in Le Havre?
(a) Inspect the French troops every morning.
(b) Set up a spy network and infiltrate nearby towns.
(c) Plan and liberate other French ports.
(d) Listen to complaints about English treatment of the new liberated citizens of Le Havre.

5. What else does Brown tell Hornblower he plans to do?
(a) Use his saved prize money and settle down in Rome.
(b) Open an inn in Paris.
(c) Go to America and seek his fortune.
(d) Join the Porta Coeli crew and become Captain Freeman's servant.

6. What happens to Captain Bush after the encounter with Napoleon's troops at Caudebec?
(a) He is blinded by a piece of shrapnel from the explosion.
(b) He is killed when a powder store explodes.
(c) He is severely wounded by a French soldier and has to have his leg amputated.
(d) He is killed during the attack by friendly fire.

7. What type of reception does Hornblower receive when he arrives at the Chateau de Graçay?
(a) He is turned away because the Comte already has guests.
(b) Cold and suspicious.
(c) Warm and welcoming.
(d) The Chateau is closed, no one is there.

8. What is Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay's relationship to the Comte de Graçay?
(a) His mother.
(b) His widowed daughter-in-law.
(c) His sister-in-law.
(d) His wife.

9. What does Hornblower do at this point when he notes that their insurgency is at an end?
(a) Gathers and dismisses what is left of the Comte's forces.
(b) Sets off with Brown to try and draw off the surrounding soldiers.
(c) Surrenders to the surrounding soldiers on condition that the others are allowed to go free.
(d) Sets off on his own to scout the terrain.

10. Who comes to Le Havre on a surprise visit?
(a) The Duchess Marie Thérèse.
(b) Lord St. Vincent.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) The Prince Regent.

11. Who else comes to Le Havre that is even more surprising to Hornblower?
(a) His first Captain on the Indefatigable.
(b) His wife Barbara.
(c) His wife Barbara's personal maid.
(d) Lord St. Vincent.

12. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Makes a last stand in Paris.
(c) Surrenders.
(d) Abdicates.

13. What does the Comte think of Brown's plans?
(a) He is insulted and throws Brown out.
(b) He is indifferent; Brown is only a servant.
(c) He is delighted and throws a big party.
(d) He should be told earlier because he is shocked and hurt.

14. What is left of the Comte's party, where do they find themselves cornered?
(a) Just outside Rouens in a small church.
(b) By a river that is uncrossable.
(c) Near a rock outcropping just outside Nevers.
(d) At Nevers in a small warehouse.

15. Although news is uncertain, which of the following is confirmed as fact while Hornblower is at the Chateau?
(a) Barbara is having an affair.
(b) An assassination attempt on the Prince Regent's life is thwarted.
(c) Napoleon regains his power.
(d) Napoleon is poisoned but survives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the news from the war front (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?

2. What does Hornblower demand of the Mayor of Rouen?

3. What does Hornblower think of the judgment for the mutineers?

4. What is the date that Hornblower notes is the final day of the insurgent effort?

5. What news arrives to make Hornblower's plan for the militia an almost guaranteed success?

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