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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 is the most important thing that Hornblower takes from the French brig?
(a) Documents.
(b) Being able to tell Meadow's wife of his heroism.
(c) Money.
(d) A sense of pride.

2. What do the English do with the two long boats?
(a) Take them to the French brig.
(b) They are sunk.
(c) Board them an head for land.
(d) Keep them moored to the Princess.

3. What is Calder's assignment?
(a) To take the Admiral's flagship to dry dock.
(b) To rendezvous with Admiral Nelson.
(c) To intercept and destroy the French fleet coming his way.
(d) To reunite two of the smaller English fleets in the Baltic area.

4. What has Hornblower been promised?
(a) A command in Admiral Nelson's fleet.
(b) A bonus for a ship he recently helped capture.
(c) An administrative post for a while since his wife is pregnant.
(d) A promotion to post captain.

5. What is the sentence passed upon McCool?
(a) Death by hanging.
(b) Life imprisonment.
(c) Death by firing squad.
(d) Ten years at hard labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the English sailors do?

2. What is positive about the cabin?

3. What does Hornblower realize from the poem?

4. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?

5. What is passing by as Hornblower comes up on the deck of the Princess?

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