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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 bargain does McCool strike with Hornblower?
(a) McCool will be silent if Hornblower will get him a pint of ale.
(b) No bargain.
(c) McCool can kill himself by pretending to overpower Hornblower.
(d) McCool's silence for Hornblower delivering a letter to his widow.

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

3. What is vital to keeping Bonaparte from crossing the English Channel?
(a) Good cannons along the shore.
(b) Reliable spies keeping track of the French fleet's movements.
(c) The French would never dare cross the channel.
(d) Concerted movements of the English fleet.

4. What is spotted a few days later?
(a) A sail.
(b) An albatross which is considered bad luck.
(c) A huge pod of dolphins which is considered good luck.
(d) The French fleet.

5. What is the result of the encounter with Villeneuve?
(a) There is no word yet about the outcome.
(b) It is bungled and Villeneuve finds safe harbor.
(c) Villeneuve has been totally routed.
(d) The English and French suffer about the same amount of casualties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes over to the Princess?

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

3. How does Hornblower find McCool to be?

4. What puts a hole in the Hotspur?

5. Of what does Hornblower despair the next morning?

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