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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Hornblower and his crew go when they abandon the first captured ship Hornblower was given command over?

3. What country is the ship from that finds Hornblower after he loses the Marie Galant?

4. Who loses the game that the sailors play while Hornblower is on shore for the first time since joining the Navy?

5. What does Hornblower hear when he goes to the cargo-hold of the first captured ship he is given command over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Hornblower go to get some solitude on the ship, and who joins him sometimes?

2. What does Masters do with the pistols used in the duel between Simpson and Hornblower, and why?

3. What happens when the Pique sees the Indefatigable coming towards them and why?

4. Why does Simpson take such a strong disliking towards Hornblower?

5. What happens to Hornblower during the battle against the ship with the strange French sail?

6. What strange news does Finch tell Hornblower?

7. What does Hornblower contemplate doing when Simpson's hazing gets worse and worse?

8. What does Captain Pellew say to Hornblower when he hears of his experience with the Marie Galant?

9. What is Hornblower's main concern when he is told his part in Captain Pellew's plan to attack the Papillon and what does he do about it?

10. How does Hornblower save Finch's life during the battle with the ship with the strange French sails?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Choosing sides was a theme that was presented in this book. What are some of the examples of this theme appearing, and how did it affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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