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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 do at this point when he notes that their insurgency is at an end?
(a) Surrenders to the surrounding soldiers on condition that the others are allowed to go free.
(b) Gathers and dismisses what is left of the Comte's forces.
(c) Sets off on his own to scout the terrain.
(d) Sets off with Brown to try and draw off the surrounding soldiers.

2. What does Hornblower think of the judgment for the mutineers?
(a) It is too harsh.
(b) He wishes the ringleader can stand trial.
(c) It is justice.
(d) He doesn't like it but he isn't going to intervene.

3. What does Hornblower plan to do with the Duke d'Angoulême?
(a) Have him sent back to England.
(b) Have him discredited with the citizens of Le Havre.
(c) Work with him because he is royalty.
(d) Denounce him as a secret Bonapartist.

4. What does Hornblower and the group try to do to evade capture after being cornered by Napoleon's troops?
(a) Swim downriver.
(b) Disguise themselves as French soldiers.
(c) Hide themselves in an abandoned farmhouse.
(d) Find a boat to cross the river.

5. What does the Duchess Marie Thérèse tell Hornblower about Nevers and their reaction to Napoleon coming into power again?
(a) Large regions of Southern France declare in support of Napoleon.
(b) Hornblower has to go to Vienna to represent the Duke and Duchess and Nevers.
(c) Large regions of Southern France declare in support of the King.
(d) Nevers is neutral territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duchess appoint the Comte de Graçay?

2. Who else comes to Le Havre that is even more surprising to Hornblower?

3. What does Hornblower end up doing about the mutineers?

4. To whom do the placards' promises not extend?

5. What does the local magistrate tell Hornblower after he is captured by Napoleon's troops?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Hornblower note about the church service he accompanies the Duke d'Angoulême to? Why is this significant?

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

5. What does Hornblower find in Nevers?

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

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

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

9. What does the Mayor of Le Havre do when he meets Hornblower? Why is this significant?

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

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