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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hornblower meet while walking on deck with Lieutenant Freeman?
(a) An old shipmate.
(b) Another passenger.
(c) His servant Brown who brings tea.
(d) Some of Freeman's officers.

2. How does the Porta Coeli crew react to Hornblower's news about the mutiny on the Flame?
(a) They are horrified and start complaining.
(b) They go on strike.
(c) They start to plan their own mutiny.
(d) They seem to support Hornblower.

3. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?
(a) He orders Freeman to fire on the Flame.
(b) He orders Brown to make him tea.
(c) He orders the sailmaker to make four top sails.
(d) He writes a report to the Admiralty.

4. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?
(a) The storm is preventing him from walking on deck.
(b) One of the topsails rips due to the wind.
(c) The ship has to travel leeward, opposite to the direction of the Flame.
(d) The ship is riding with the wind and gets there too quickly.

5. Who is the captain of His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Captain Bush.
(b) Captain Horatio Hornblower.
(c) Lieutenant Freeman.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush?

2. What type of ship is the Flame?

3. Just before he meets the Flame's crew, what is Hornblower's plan? What is he going to do with the Flame's crew?

4. Why does Lord St. Vincent leave the church service?

5. What does Hornblower plan to do with the Porta Coeli, after he comes back from meeting with the mutineers?

Short Essay Questions

1. In addition to his rank, Hornblower is also well-connected through other ways, how?

2. How does C. S. Forester quickly establish Hornblower's rank and importance?

3. What does Hornblower think of the war and why is this rather ironic?

4. What happens to show Hornblower that the French may be just as tired of the war as the English?

5. Being a sailor is dangerous and hard work, what do sailors expect in terms of monetary rewards?

6. As a midshipman, Hornblower is atypical, why?

7. Hornblower thinks the mutineers are mistreated, but he still suppresses the mutiny, why?

8. What happens to some of the other mutineers from the Flame?

9. What is Hornblower's attitude towards the mutineers?

10. Why does Hornblower kill Nathaniel Sweet, the leader of the mutineers?

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