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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Brown's wife, Annette?
(a) She stays with Brown, refusing to leave her new husband.
(b) She tries to cross the river and drowns.
(c) Hornblower makes her leave with the others to save her life.
(d) Brown defies Hornblower's orders and leaves with Annette.

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

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

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

6. What does Hornblower have to do with the mutineers who aren't pardoned?
(a) Hold the court martial trial at Le Havre.
(b) Sign the court martial papers and sentence them to hard labor.
(c) Help the Admiralty reallocate them to other ships.
(d) Sign the court martial papers to hang them.

7. 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 buy a farm.
(c) He is going to marry a local girl.
(d) He is going to go to Vienna and join Barbara and her maid.

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

9. Who leaves the Chateau with Hornblower?
(a) No one, he leaves alone.
(b) Vicomtesse de Graçay.
(c) The Comte de Graçay, Vicomtesse de Graçay, Brown, Annette.
(d) Brown.

10. 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 is poisoned but survives.
(d) Napoleon regains his power.

11. What does Hornblower think about his duties at Le Havre?
(a) He is a man of action and doesn't like being behind a desk.
(b) He hopes that Barbara is proud of him.
(c) As always, he likes the adminstrative work.
(d) He is glad he doesn't have to be at sea.

12. Where does Hornblower send the Porta Coeli as part of his plan for the militia?
(a) Back to England for reinforcements.
(b) To Spain to deliver a message to General Blücher.
(c) Upriver from Le Havre to a place called Caudebec.
(d) Up the Seine River further into France.

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

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

15. What does Hornblower do instead of going to the Congress?
(a) Returns to England.
(b) Stays in Le Havre.
(c) Boards the Porta Coeli and sails to Paris.
(d) Stays in Rouen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Hornblower assume at Le Havre after the surrender of the town?

2. What does the Duchess appoint the Comte de Graçay?

3. What news does Colonel Dobbs pass onto Hornblower during the visit by the French royal at Le Havre?

4. What does Barbara do that contributes to the drifting apart of her relationship with Hornblower?

5. What does Hornblower and the group try to do to evade capture after being cornered by Napoleon's troops?

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