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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. What is Horatio Hornblower's rank?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Captain.
(c) Commodore.
(d) Lieutenant.

2. Who meets Hornblower and identifies himself as Captain of the Flame?
(a) Nathaniel Sweet.
(b) No one meets Hornblower.
(c) Lieutenant Chadwick.
(d) A midshipman.

3. What does Hornblower speculate happens on the Flame as it starts to sail to shore?
(a) There is probably dissension on board with different groups wanting to do different things.
(b) Nathaniel Sweet is telling the crew about what happens last night.
(c) The mutineers are united in their purpose.
(d) The crew is suffering from food poisoning, thanks to the tainted ale Hornblower sends over.

4. Who is the captain of Porta Coeli?
(a) Captain Bush.
(b) Lieutenant Freeman.
(c) Lord St. Vincent.
(d) Lieutenant Chadwick.

5. Where is Hornblower at the beginning of the book?
(a) At his home in Bath.
(b) At Westminster Abbey.
(c) Aboard His Majesty's Flame.
(d) Escorting his wife on a shopping expedition.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the Porta Coeli traveling to meet the Flame, why is Hornblower unhappy with the storm?

2. What does Lebrun tell Hornblower he can do?

3. What does Hornblower have for dinner on the Porta Coeli?

4. Where is the Flame when Hornblower sets out to meet her?

5. What is the first thing Hornblower does when he returns from the Flame to the Porta Coeli?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the point of showing Hornblower's daily bathing ritual?

3. Other than the prize money, why does Hornblower want to capture the French East India ship?

4. What does Hornblower think of Captain Bush's reaction to Freeman's fortune-telling abilities?

5. At the beginning of the book, what is Hornblower's relationship with his wife like? How does C. S. Forester show this?

6. What does Hornblower do to make the ships even more alike?

7. What does Hornblower do with Lieutenant Chadwick, the one who loses control of the Flame through mutiny?

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

9. What does LeBrun tell Hornblower about the latest imperial dispatches from Paris? What does this news suggest about the war?

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

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