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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the general feeling aboard the first ship Hornblower has duty on in the Navy?
(a) Anger.
(b) Cheer.
(c) Discontent.
(d) Duty.

2. What is strange about Hornblower's age when he first enters the Navy?
(a) He is older than usual.
(b) He seems wise beyond his years.
(c) He is small for his age.
(d) He is younger than usual.

3. Who is seen in the maintop by the man who joins Hornblower in his place of solitude?
(a) The captain.
(b) God.
(c) A spy.
(d) The devil.

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

5. What does Hornblower threaten to do to men that disrupt his sailing after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) Throw them overboard.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Put them in charge.
(d) Arrest them.

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

7. Who loses the game that the sailors play while Hornblower is on shore for the first time since joining the Navy?
(a) Perry.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Simpson.
(d) Hornblower.

8. Who plans the strategic assault on the Papillon?
(a) Hornblower.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Pellew.
(d) Keene.

9. What kind of ship is the Papillon?
(a) Corvette.
(b) Ship of the line.
(c) Schooner.
(d) Frigate.

10. What happens to the mizzen during the attack against the strange French ship?
(a) It burns to the ground.
(b) It falls to the deck.
(c) It punctures the French ship.
(d) It falls into the ocean.

11. Where does the French captain want Hornblower to sail after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) A French port.
(b) The Isle of Elba.
(c) The trading post.
(d) The nearest port.

12. Who joins Hornblower in the place he goes to find solitude on the ship?
(a) Pellew.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Jepson.
(d) Finch.

13. What is the name of the ship that Hornblower's first captain orders him to transfer to?
(a) Inpenetrable.
(b) Indefatigable.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Independance.

14. What weapon does Hornblower hold to protect himself against the French men after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) Club.
(b) Pistol.
(c) Sword.
(d) Musket.

15. Where does Hornblower plan to sail after losing the Marie Galant?
(a) An English port.
(b) To the naval base.
(c) To the nearest port.
(d) To the Indefatigable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Simpson in such a black mood when Hornblower joins the Navy?

3. Where is Hornblower supposed to take his first captured vessel?

4. What rumors are being spread about the man who joins Hornblower in the place he goes for solitude?

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

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