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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. Why does the French react the way they do when the Flame sails into Le Havre?
(a) They are bored with the détente.
(b) They think the Flame leads the attack the night before.
(c) They think the Flame is the Porta Coeli.
(d) They have orders to fire on all English ships.

2. How many ships does Admiral Pellew send as reinforcement?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) He doesn't send ships, he just sends men.

3. What is Hornblower ordered to do with the ship His Majesty's Flame?
(a) Negotiate with the French who capture the ship.
(b) Deliver secret orders to the current captain.
(c) Suppress the mutiny onboard and gain control of the ship.
(d) Take command and go on a covert mission.

4. Just before he meets the Flame's crew, what is Hornblower's plan? What is he going to do with the Flame's crew?
(a) Hornblower plans to have Lieutenant Chadwick arrested to appease the crew.
(b) Hornblower plans to order the Porta Coeli to fire and sink the ship.
(c) Hornblower plans to send Lieutenant Freeman aboard to reason with them.
(d) Hornblower has no concrete plans.

5. Who is Lebrun?
(a) He is the deputy to the Mayor of Le Havre.
(b) He is one of the officers from the French gun boat.
(c) He is an American spy from New Orleans.
(d) He is one of the mutineers from the Flame.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hornblower bathe while on board ship?

3. Why does an English ship have a Spanish name - Porta Coeli?

4. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?

5. Who gives Hornblower his next assignment in the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the mutineers after the French East India ship is captured?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Hornblower's plan to deal with mutineers depend on?

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

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

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

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