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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 watch and watch?
(a) A high alert when the French fleet is near.
(b) A way of passing the time by dropping sounding lines.
(c) A game played among the enlisted men.
(d) Four hours sleeping in hammocks and four on deck.

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

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

4. Where does Hotspur run aground?
(a) On the French shore no where close to a town.
(b) It does not run aground.
(c) Black Rock.
(d) Somewhere near Gibraltar.

5. Of what are the newspapers critical?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Calder.
(d) Hornblower.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what do the men arm themselves?

2. Why does the Princess finally head for England?

3. Why does Hornblower ask permission to talk to Bush?

4. How do Hornblower's men send him off?

5. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?

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