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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hornblower and the Spanish Galleys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower do when he suspects the hull of the captured ship was breached?
(a) Asks the crew of the ship.
(b) Measures the gait in the water.
(c) Sounds the well.
(d) Checks for holes.

2. What else does Captain Pellew hear when he gets word of the peace between Spain and France?
(a) He is to stand trial for his actions against the French.
(b) He is being released from his position.
(c) He is to pay a peace tax.
(d) The Indefatigable must leave immediately.

3. How is the ship with the strange French sails defeated?
(a) A truce between the captains.
(b) Heavy cannon fire.
(c) The murder of the French captain.
(d) Boarding maneuver.

4. What does Simpson refuse to do to avoid a duel with Hornblower?
(a) Call Hornblower by his proper name.
(b) Act kindly.
(c) Apologize.
(d) Give back Hornblower's stolen goods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Hornblower as he acts as a liaison between the English and French leaders?

2. Which of the following is NOT a man assigned to Hornblower's crew to take the captured ship to shore?

3. Which of the following is NOT seen by a sailor in the maintop just before the battle with a strange French ship begins?

4. What was the ship that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant designed to do?

5. What does Hornblower find in the cable tier at night?

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