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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hornblower's Temptation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bargain does McCool strike with Hornblower?
(a) No bargain.
(b) McCool can kill himself by pretending to overpower Hornblower.
(c) McCool will be silent if Hornblower will get him a pint of ale.
(d) McCool's silence for Hornblower delivering a letter to his widow.

2. What is Hornblower to keep McCool from doing?
(a) Writing to the French command.
(b) Writing any letters to his family.
(c) Talking to any crew member.
(d) Committing suicide.

3. What do the French send to the Princess?
(a) An offer for a compromise.
(b) A prize crew.
(c) The head of an English prisoner.
(d) An ultimatum.

4. Who pursues the French fleet?
(a) Cornwallis.
(b) Leighton.
(c) Nelson.
(d) No one.

5. What might Hornblower end up doing?
(a) Having to take command in someplace like the West Indies.
(b) Serving as First Lieutenant on an Admiral's flag ship.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Sitting ashore and watching the war pass him by.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Hornblower summoned?

2. Where does the French fleet arrive?

3. What does Hornblower realize from the poem?

4. What horrifies Hornblower about what Baddlestone says?

5. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?

(see the answer key)

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