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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duchess appoint the Comte de Graçay?
(a) General of the Royalist army.
(b) Lieutenant-General of the King in the Nivernais.
(c) Mayor of Nevers.
(d) Military advisor to the Duke.

2. Why is Hornblower upset by the English newspaper article?
(a) He doesn't think his actions merit comparisons with his hero Lord Nelson.
(b) As long as Napoleon lives, the war is never going to end.
(c) He thinks Chadwick should be punished more severely.
(d) He can't believe Barbara cheats on him.

3. Who is still with Hornblower when the French troops catch up with them?
(a) Just the Comte de Graçay.
(b) The Comte de Graçay and Marie, Brown and Annette.
(c) Just Brown.
(d) Brown, the Comte de Graçay, and Marie.

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

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

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

7. What happens when Hornblower and the French troops exchange gun fire?
(a) Hornblower is shot in the leg.
(b) Hornblower surrenders.
(c) Brown is killed.
(d) Marie is shot in the leg.

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

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

10. What does Hornblower and the group try to do to evade capture after being cornered by Napoleon's troops?
(a) Find a boat to cross the river.
(b) Hide themselves in an abandoned farmhouse.
(c) Disguise themselves as French soldiers.
(d) Swim downriver.

11. Who is the VIP soon to arrive at Le Havre?
(a) A French nobleman, the Comte d'Artois.
(b) A French prince, the Duke d'Angoulême.
(c) The Prince Regent.
(d) A French princess, Thérèse Marie.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is surprising about the city of Nevers?

5. What does Hornblower do instead of going to the Congress?

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