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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 does Bush signal to the captain of the Princess as Meadows is reading orders?
(a) To lift the gangplank.
(b) To hand up the water hoses.
(c) To start pumping the water into the bilges.
(d) To stay quiet.

2. What does Hornblower ponder as he is riding in the Princess?
(a) How to ask the captain to come about and drop him off at the closest port.
(b) Whether the captain would give him any of his personal liquor to help his stomach.
(c) His personal future.
(d) How the Princess could be more stable.

3. What does it look like Meadows is doing as the Princess pulls away from Hotspur?
(a) Gathering the crew for an inaugural speech.
(b) He's already in his cabin on the Hotspur.
(c) Already disciplining some sloppy sailor.
(d) Making his way to the bridge.

4. How is Hornblower feeling as he arrives home?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Content.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Happy.

5. Why can't the empty barrels in the hold be filled with salt water?
(a) They don't have a big enough opening.
(b) They leak too badly.
(c) They would then be contaminated.
(d) They are full of grain.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Hornblower wonder concerning the court martial?

2. How old is Hornblower at the opening of this short story?

3. What is the verdict for Bush?

4. What does Hornblower find in a secret compartment in the chest?

5. Who is Reverend Doctor Claudius?

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