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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Hornblower assume at Le Havre after the surrender of the town?
(a) Governor.
(b) President of the newly formed Le Havre trading delegation.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Amicus curiae.

2. Why does a militia arrive in Le Havre?
(a) They are on their way to the front.
(b) They are on leave.
(c) They are retreating from the front.
(d) To bolster the defenses.

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

4. What does Hornblower plan to do about Napoleon's show of force?
(a) Fortify the town for a long siege.
(b) Send for reinforcements from England.
(c) Have soldiers board barges to attack the French.
(d) Send Lebrun over to negotiate.

5. Where does the attack force go to meet Napoleon's troops?
(a) Upriver from Le Havre, near a place called Caudebec.
(b) To the harbor.
(c) To Harfleur, a small town outside of Le Havre.
(d) Downriver from Le Havre, near a place called Honfleur.

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

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

8. Brown has plans of his own in France. What does he tell Hornblower?
(a) He is going to travel Europe now that the war is over.
(b) He is going to go to Vienna and join Barbara and her maid.
(c) He is going to buy a farm.
(d) He is going to marry a local girl.

9. Who leads the force to attack the troops Napoleon is sending to take back Le Havre?
(a) Colonel Dobbs.
(b) Commodore Hornblower.
(c) The visiting royal.
(d) Captain Bush.

10. What is the news from the war front (March 1814)?
(a) Bonaparte suffers a major setback at Soissons.
(b) The Duke of Wellington is suffering from gout and has to postpone a planned attack.
(c) Napoleon is in secret talks with the Americans.
(d) Prime Minister Pitt is considering conscription.

11. What happens to Hornblower after Marie dies?
(a) He is hit with a rifle butt and captured.
(b) He surrenders on condition that Marie be given a decent burial.
(c) He escapes with the Comte and Brown.
(d) He goes berserk and kills a number of the enemy before being subdued.

12. Who does Hornblower have on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) The mutineers from the Flame.
(b) General Blücher.
(c) Local volunteers.
(d) Duke d'Angoulême.

13. How does Hornblower know the Comte de Graçay?
(a) He is a good friend of Lord St. Vincent.
(b) He is a spy who Hornblower has dealings with before.
(c) He is a prisoner Hornblower captures then ransoms.
(d) He is a friend who shelters Hornblower when he is a fugitive.

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

15. What is the news from the war front (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) The Admiralty abandones the blockade.
(b) Wellington lostes an engagement to the French.
(c) Napoleon is marching back to Rouen.
(d) General Blücher captures Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings news that England is sending a VIP?

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

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

4. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?

5. What does the Comte think of Brown's plans?

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