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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 Maria act when Hornblower arrives?
(a) Cold.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Tearful.

2. What does the admiral tell Hornblower?
(a) To wait for his new command there.
(b) To go home and wait for new orders.
(c) To go get something to eat and then report to his new post.
(d) To take the sealed packet to London.

3. Who huddles below deck?
(a) The extra men on the Princess.
(b) No one.
(c) All the officers on the Princess.
(d) Captain Meadows.

4. To whom is Hornblower wishing luck at the opening of the novel?
(a) Admiral Nelson.
(b) Admireal Cornwald.
(c) No one.
(d) Lieutenant Bush.

5. What follows after Hornblower is shown leaving the admiralty?
(a) How he gets to see Villeneuve.
(b) Hornblower saying goodbye to Maria.
(c) A look at how the orders are forged.
(d) An author's note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the encounter with Villeneuve?

2. What impresses Marsden about Hornblower?

3. What bargain does McCool strike with Hornblower?

4. Who will Hornblower be shortly meeting after he says yes to the mission?

5. Who is commanding the French fleet that recently escapes from the Mediterranean?

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