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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bush react to Hornblower's teasing?
(a) Angry.
(b) With umbrage.
(c) With his own teasing.
(d) Apologetic.

2. When does Baddlestone receive the news of the court martial verdict?
(a) Within an hour after Hornblower leaves the court.
(b) Later that evening.
(c) He does not.
(d) Two days later.

3. Who comes over to the Princess?
(a) Captain Johnson.
(b) Admiral Leighton.
(c) Admiral Cornwallis.
(d) Men from the Hotspur.

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

5. What does Hornblower realize from the poem?
(a) It is instruction on how to manipulate the letters on top of the seachest.
(b) It was written by Yeats.
(c) It was written by Longfellow.
(d) It was written by Cooleridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the English do after the fighting?

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

3. What has Hornblower been promised?

4. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?

5. Where are the officers of the Hotspur going?

(see the answer key)

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