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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) Four hours sleeping in hammocks and four on deck.
(d) A game played among the enlisted men.

2. Why does the Princess finally head for England?
(a) She gets a fair wind.
(b) Admiral Calder orders them to do so.
(c) Baddlestone is tired of his passengers.
(d) Baddlestone gets tired of waiting for the fleet.

3. Who has intercepted Villeneuve?
(a) Nelson.
(b) No one.
(c) Calder.
(d) Only the Channel fleet.

4. What happens to Meadows?
(a) Three years at hard labor.
(b) Thirty lashes.
(c) A reprimand.
(d) Stripped of rank and commission.

5. What does Hornblower do after his testimony at the court martial?
(a) Returns to the Princess.
(b) Goes to Admiral Leighton's vessel to chat with the Admiral.
(c) Stays on the ship of the line to await a verdict.
(d) Gets a boat over to the Shannon to visit his cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Meadows charge?

2. Who pursues the French fleet?

3. What does Hornblower learn when Baddlestone demands payment from Meadows?

4. What does Hornblower mention about Ferrol?

5. What do the French send to the Princess?

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