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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 Hornblower plan to do about Napoleon's show of force?
(a) Send for reinforcements from England.
(b) Fortify the town for a long siege.
(c) Send Lebrun over to negotiate.
(d) Have soldiers board barges to attack the French.

2. Who brings news that England is sending a VIP?
(a) Lebrun.
(b) An older officer by the name of Haus.
(c) Baron Momas.
(d) A Midshipman from the Admiralty.

3. What does Hornblower do instead of going to the Congress?
(a) Stays in Rouen.
(b) Boards the Porta Coeli and sails to Paris.
(c) Stays in Le Havre.
(d) Returns to England.

4. What is Hornblower's relationship to Marie la Vicomtesse de Graçay?
(a) His son's governess.
(b) His ex-governess.
(c) His wife Barbara's best friend.
(d) An ex-lover.

5. Brown has plans of his own in France. What does he tell Hornblower?
(a) He is going to buy a farm.
(b) He is going to travel Europe now that the war is over.
(c) He is going to marry a local girl.
(d) He is going to go to Vienna and join Barbara and her maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara do that contributes to the drifting apart of her relationship with Hornblower?

2. Who is with Hornblower the last time he is at the Chateau de Graçay?

3. How is Hornblower recognized for his services?

4. What does placards promise for the Comte's followers?

5. What happens to Hornblower after Marie dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hornblower find in Nevers?

2. How does Hornblower react to Barbara's presence?

3. What does Napoleon's troops do to further decimate the morale and number of the Comte and his followers? Why?

4. On the evening of Brown's marriage to his sweetheart, the Comte relays some bad news to Hornblower. What is the news and how does it affect Hornblower?

5. What is Napoleon Bonaparte's response to Le Havre's liberation? Why?

6. What are some of the reasons that Hornblower doesn't return immediately to England?

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

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

9. How are Hornblower and the Comte saved from execution?

10. What does Hornblower plan to do with the militia sent to bolster Le Havre's defenses? Why?

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