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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Hornblower wonder concerning the court martial?
(a) If he will be assigned back to the Hotspur after it is reclaimed.
(b) If Meadows' career is ruined.
(c) How long it will take to be informed of the court martial's outcome through official channels.
(d) If Bush will sit for court martial.

2. What impresses Marsden about Hornblower?
(a) Hornblower's willingness to do what needs to be done.
(b) Hornblower's intelligence and powers of observation.
(c) Hornblower's keen insight.
(d) Hornblower's connections.

3. What does Hornblower suggest to Baddlestone about the papers from the French brig?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he should try to get a good price for them.
(c) That they should be turned over to the admiralty.
(d) That he should burn them.

4. What do the men on the Princess do to the French men who board?
(a) Strip them and then throw them overboard.
(b) Capture them.
(c) Throw them overboard immediately.
(d) Kill them.

5. What do the naval officers do as they become restless?
(a) Start fighting while gambling.
(b) Become sloppy in their dress and behavior.
(c) Start picking on the enlisted men.
(d) Criticize Baddlestone and the Princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is positive about the cabin?

2. On whom does Hornblower rely in managing the everyday activities of Hotspur?

3. What does Hornblower say about conditions in Hotspur's assigned area?

4. What do the men confined below decks do?

5. What does Hornblower do with the sea chest?

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