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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes aboard to speak with Sawyer?
(a) Admiral Leighton.
(b) Lord Cornwallis.
(c) The lieutenant of the prize crew.
(d) Admiral Nelson.

2. What is Hornblower's position on board?
(a) The navigation lieutenant.
(b) The signal lieutenant.
(c) The commissary lieutenant.
(d) The boswain's lieutenant.

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

4. What do the English sailors do?
(a) Change clothes with the French sailors.
(b) Quietly stike the Princess' sails.
(c) Drop into the longboat and kill the crew.
(d) Sink the long boat.

5. What skill does Hornblower mention that he possesses?
(a) Speaking Spanish.
(b) Spying.
(c) Speaking French.
(d) Speaking German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?

2. What enables Princess to regain her position within the fleet?

3. What does Hornblower do when he first makes shore?

4. What is Hornblower doing as the Princess gains port?

5. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?

(see the answer key)

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