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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Hornblower tries to save Brown by claiming what?
(a) Brown is there due to misguided loyalties and thus should not be held accountable.
(b) Brown is a prisoner who Hornblower is holding for ransom.
(c) Brown is not in his right mind.
(d) Brown is a seaman and following orders.

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

7. What does Hornblower end up doing about the mutineers?
(a) He refuses to sign the court martial papers.
(b) He makes a strong recommendation to the Admiralty to have Chadwick share the mutineers' fate.
(c) He writes to the Admiralty asking for leniency on their behalf.
(d) He asks the Duke d'Angoulême to commute their sentences.

8. What does Hornblower demand of the Mayor of Rouen?
(a) Quit and leave town.
(b) Pay ransom for his town.
(c) Declare the town for King Louis.
(d) Help set a trap for Bonaparte.

9. Why is Hornblower angry at the Duke d'Angoulême?
(a) He makes fun of Captain Bush's memory.
(b) He denies Hornblower's request to go back to England.
(c) He is found plotting with Le Havre's remaining Bonapartists.
(d) He refuses to commute the sentences of the mutineers.

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

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

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

13. What happens when Hornblower arrives at Rouen?
(a) He has to retreat due to superior force.
(b) He meets with no resistance.
(c) He is captured.
(d) He has to fight a duel.

14. Instead of returning to England, what does Hornblower decide to do while in Nevers?
(a) Go back to Rouen to find his services to the Duke.
(b) Go to Vienna to find Barbara.
(c) Go to Le Havre to find Captain Freeman.
(d) Stay in France with the Comte de Graçay to lead the local resistance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Duke's banquet and reception, what does Hornblower do that ruins the night for his wife?

2. What does Hornblower read in the newspaper from England?

3. What is Hornblower afraid of when he hears Dobbs' news?

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

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

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