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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 does Nathaniel Sweet show Hornblower that surprises him?
(a) Chadwick's signed confession.
(b) New orders from the Admiralty.
(c) Letters and promises from the French.
(d) The crews' injuries from the constant flogging.

2. What is typical of a crew's share of the prize money from a captured enemy ship?
(a) As much as a hundred pounds, depending on the type of ship.
(b) Choice of one item from the captured ship, in order of seniority
(c) As much as the captain considered fair; it is captain's discretion.
(d) About ten pounds, depending on the type of ship.

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

4. Why does Lord St. Vincent leave the church service?
(a) He forgets another appointment.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) He needs to use the facilities.
(d) He is disturbed by news brought to him by a lieutenant.

5. What is the universal signal to show that there is a Captain in a boat?
(a) Holding up four fingers.
(b) Waving with the left hand and then saluting.
(c) Making a fist and touching the forehead.
(d) Givinig a wolf whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower tell the crew of the Porta Coeli, just before meeting up with the Flame?

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

3. How does Hornblower know Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick?

4. What is typical of Hornblower's share of prize money from a captured enemy ship?

5. What does Hornblower's wife make for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Hornblower supposed to do with the mutineers? Why is this important?

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

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

9. Captain Freeman offers to read Hornblower's fortune using tarot cards. What does he see and how does Hornblower react? Why does C. S. Forester include this scene in the book?

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

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