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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 teaches Hornblower the technique of long splicing?
(a) Harding.
(b) His servant, Brown.
(c) Captain Sawyer.
(d) Lieutanent Chadwick.

2. What does Lord St. Vincent tell Hornblower?
(a) Mutineers sends a letter to the Admiralty making demands.
(b) Napoleon is on the move with his army.
(c) Hornblower has to stay on land for another month.
(d) His best friend dies.

3. Who is Horatio Hornblower married to?
(a) Jane, a sister of one of Hornblower's shipmates.
(b) Maria, his childhood sweetheart.
(c) Charlotte, a neighbor.
(d) Barbara, the Duke of Wellington's sister.

4. Who acts as Hornblower's servant on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) A midshipman assigned to him.
(b) As per tradition, the oldest sailor on board.
(c) Brown, Hornblower's coxswain.
(d) Hornblower takes care of his own needs.

5. What is typical of Hornblower's share of prize money from a captured enemy ship?
(a) About ten pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(b) First choice of one item from the captured ship.
(c) As much as he considered fair; captain's discretion.
(d) As much as a thousand pounds, depending on the type of ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of ship is the Flame?

2. Who promises the mutineers immunity and a pension for every man from the age of sixty?

3. What happens when Hornblower tries to carry out his plan the Porta Coeli masquerade?

4. What does Hornblower think of the Napoleonic War?

5. What is Hornblower afraid of happening on the Flame?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is suppressing the mutineers particularly difficult for Hornblower?

2. What is Horatio Hornblower's state of mind at the beginning of the book? Why is he feeling this way?

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

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

5. What does the Admiralty do on Hornblower's news of the Flame and the possible surrender of Le Havre?

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

7. After the fighting, how many ships does Hornblower end up with and what does he do with them?

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

9. How does C. S. Forester show that Hornblower has the "common touch" in his interactions with men?

10. Why is Hornblower worried about the reactions of the Porta Coeli's crew to the mutiny on the Flame?

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