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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Hornblower not stay in England as expected?
(a) He wants to grab more prize money before the war ends.
(b) He wants to be with Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay again.
(c) He wants to join Barbara in Vienna.
(d) He wants to introduce Richard to the sea, now that it is safer.

3. What is Hornblower afraid of when he hears Dobbs' news?
(a) Baron Momas play traitor again and renegotiate with the Bonapartists.
(b) The visiting royal wants to lead the attack.
(c) There is not enough time to put up a defense.
(d) A prolonged siege at Le Havre.

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

5. What is the date that Hornblower notes is the final day of the insurgent effort?
(a) July 4th, 1815.
(b) July 14, 1815.
(c) June 18, 1815.
(d) May 18, 1815.

6. What does the local magistrate tell Hornblower after he is captured by Napoleon's troops?
(a) He is found guilty of treason.
(b) He is found guilty of capital war crimes.
(c) Napoleon is prepared to deal generously if he cooperates.
(d) He is free to go.

7. Where do they hold the Congress to decide the fate of post-war Europe?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

8. Why is Hornblower not happy and is awkward with his wife when she visits him at Le Havre?
(a) She is embarrassing him by singing his praises to everyone.
(b) He thinks she is having an affair.
(c) She keeps trying to get him to retire and go back to England.
(d) He is on active duty and is not comfortable having his wife around.

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

10. Who is the Duke d'Angoulême's wife?
(a) The niece of the English Prime Minister, William Pitt.
(b) The illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Cumberland and Anne Horton.
(c) The daughter of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette.
(d) The daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

11. What is the first indication that things are not going well for the attack force sent to fight Napoleon's troops?
(a) Hornblower is woken up in the middle of the night and told of a huge explosion.
(b) A French citizen gives Hornblower an eye-witness account of a massacre.
(c) A deserter is caught and says the attackers are wiped out.
(d) Captain Bush comes back with what's left of the attack force.

12. At the royal banquet, what does Hornblower realize about his wife?
(a) She is in love with someone else.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She enjoys being part of the political scene and the privileged crowd.
(d) She only marries him because her brother tells her to.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the news from the war front (March 1814)?

2. Although news is uncertain, which of the following is confirmed as fact while Hornblower is at the Chateau?

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

4. What happens when Hornblower arrives at Rouen?

5. What else does Brown tell Hornblower he plans to do?

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