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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 does Hornblower have on board the Porta Coeli?
(a) Duke d'Angoulême.
(b) Local volunteers.
(c) The mutineers from the Flame.
(d) General Blücher.

2. What does Napoleon do (April 1814) not long after Hornblower secures Rouen?
(a) Makes a last stand in Paris.
(b) Abdicates.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Surrenders.

3. What is the news from the war front (March 1814)?
(a) The Duke of Wellington is suffering from gout and has to postpone a planned attack.
(b) Bonaparte suffers a major setback at Soissons.
(c) Napoleon is in secret talks with the Americans.
(d) Prime Minister Pitt is considering conscription.

4. Why does Hornblower find the visit by the French royal sent to Le Havre annoying?
(a) He thinks England is sending the wrong person.
(b) He meets the VIP before and isn't impressed.
(c) He doesn't want the VIP to interfere with how he is running things in Le Havre.
(d) He hates pomp and circumstance and protocol.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Hornblower and the French troops exchange gun fire?

3. What happens to Brown's wife, Annette?

4. What type of reception does Hornblower receive when he arrives at the Chateau de Graçay?

5. What news does Colonel Dobbs pass onto Hornblower during the visit by the French royal at Le Havre?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Hornblower go to Vienna with his wife Barbara?

2. With Le Havre declaring for the French King, what does Hornblower's superiors in England do?

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

4. With the wars end, what decision does Barbara make that puts a further strain on her relationship with Hornblower?

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

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

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

8. How does Hornblower ruin the evening for his wife at the Duke's banquet and reception? Why is this significant?

9. What does Hornblower come to realize about his wife and himself?

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

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