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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Hornblower recognized for his services?
(a) He is relieved of his duties in Le Havre and allowed to retire.
(b) He is made a peer.
(c) He and Barbara are invited to a reception given by the Prince Regent in his honor.
(d) He is given a medal.

2. Why is Hornblower particularly upset with the news about Captain Bush?
(a) Captain Bush blames Hornblower for his injuries.
(b) They can't even find a body to bury.
(c) Captain Bush's negligence costs them the victory.
(d) Hornblower is blamed for the fiasco.

3. 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 friend who shelters Hornblower when he is a fugitive.
(d) He is a prisoner Hornblower captures then ransoms.

4. In opposing Napoleon, what do the Comte and his followers become?
(a) Fugitives fighting a guerilla action.
(b) The best spy network in France.
(c) Recruiters training a new army of resistance.
(d) The essential southern offensive.

5. Who does Hornblower and his wife meet at one of the state functions?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) The Prince Regent.
(c) King George III and Queen Charlotte.
(d) Lucien de Ladon and his widowed daughter-in-law.

6. Who does Brown propose to marry?
(a) Annette, a local girl.
(b) Jeanne, the cook's daughter.
(c) Rachel, a girl he meets at Le Havre.
(d) Madeline, the Vicomtesse de Graçay's maid.

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

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

9. What does Hornblower do when he hears the latest news about Napoleon regaining power?
(a) He leaves the Chateau and go to Nevers.
(b) He leaves for Rome.
(c) He leaves for Vienna.
(d) He leaves for England.

10. What is surprising about the city of Nevers?
(a) It is deserted.
(b) It is flying the white Bourbon flag.
(c) It is suffering from the plaque.
(d) It is overrun by the Bonapartists.

11. What famous personage is Hornblower's wife related to?
(a) Queen Charlotte.
(b) The Prince Regent.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) The Duchess Marie Thérèse.

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

13. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?
(a) An ex-lover.
(b) His wife Barbara's best friend.
(c) His son's governess.
(d) His ex-governess.

14. What does Hornblower think of Brown's plans?
(a) Hornblower is upset that Brown is quitting.
(b) Hornblower thinks Brown should wait, as France is still too unsettled.
(c) Hornblower is happy for him.
(d) Hornblower thinks Brown is crazy to leave England.

15. What does Hornblower think of the judgment for the mutineers?
(a) It is justice.
(b) He doesn't like it but he isn't going to intervene.
(c) It is too harsh.
(d) He wishes the ringleader can stand trial.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Brown's wife, Annette?

3. What does Hornblower plan to do about Napoleon's show of force?

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

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

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