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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hornblower and the Penalty of Failure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant designed to do?
(a) Fight in war.
(b) Hold slaves.
(c) Transport cattle.
(d) Race with speed.

2. What does Hornblower have the crew do to try and save the captured ship before evacuating it as a lost cause?
(a) Pump the water out.
(b) Patch the hole.
(c) Balance the ebb.
(d) Haul the cargo out bag by bag.

3. What is the name of the captain of the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?
(a) Neville.
(b) Nouvant.
(c) Newman.
(d) Neuville.

4. Where do Hornblower and his crew go when they abandon the first captured ship Hornblower was given command over?
(a) To the single rowboat.
(b) They use a makeshift raft.
(c) They salvage a life raft.
(d) They swim to shore.

5. What are crews called that take captured vessels into port?
(a) Risk crews.
(b) Merchant crews.
(c) Capture crews.
(d) Prize crews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sailors play while Hornblower is on shore for the first time since joining the Navy?

2. What is the name of the captain of the first ship Hornblower is assigned duty to in the Navy?

3. Where is the crew from the first captured vessel Hornblower is given command of from?

4. What is the name of the captain of the Indefatigable?

5. What is the name of the ship that Hornblower's first captain orders him to transfer to?

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