View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Hornblower and the French troops exchange gun fire?
(a) Hornblower is shot in the leg.
(b) Brown is killed.
(c) Marie is shot in the leg.
(d) Hornblower surrenders.

2. How does Napoleon respond to the Comte and his followers?
(a) He sends operatives to infiltrate their group.
(b) He sends assassins to take care of the ringleaders.
(c) He sends forces to destroy them.
(d) He sends representatives to negotiate their surrender.

3. Who is with Hornblower the last time he is at the Chateau de Graçay?
(a) Captain Bush and Brown.
(b) No one.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Brown.

4. Why is Hornblower particularly upset with the news about Captain Bush?
(a) Captain Bush blames Hornblower for his injuries.
(b) They can't even find a body to bury.
(c) Captain Bush's negligence costs them the victory.
(d) Hornblower is blamed for the fiasco.

5. What position does Hornblower assume at Le Havre after the surrender of the town?
(a) Amicus curiae.
(b) President of the newly formed Le Havre trading delegation.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower plan to do with the militia?

2. What does Hornblower plan to do with the Duke d'Angoulême?

3. Why is Hornblower not happy and is awkward with his wife when she visits him at Le Havre?

4. Who leaves the Chateau with Hornblower?

5. What happens to Hornblower after Marie dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does C. S. Forester show that the English admire and think well of Hornblower and his actions? What does this show us about Hornblower?

2. Two important historical events follow soon after Hornblower's capture of Rouen. What are they? Why are they significant?

3. In the end, no fighting is necessary at Rouen, why?

4. Why does Hornblower's decision to go back to France make Brown so happy?

5. What is LeBrun able to do to make it easier for Hornblower to secure the harbor defenses at Le Havre?

6. What does Hornblower find in Nevers?

7. How does Hornblower try to save Brown's life?

8. How is Hornblower captured at the end of the book?

9. With Napoleon in power again, what does Hornblower do?

10. What does Hornblower have the English troops do at the end of the Mayor Momas' ceremony, and why is this significant?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 848 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample