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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is passage aboard the water hoy uncomfortable?
(a) The hoy only has one place to stand comfortably and that's where they ship's owner stands.
(b) She has no ballast and thus rides rough.
(c) The Captain will not give Hornblower quarters.
(d) It is very damp and smelly.

2. What do they need to implement Hornblower's suggestion?
(a) Permission from the Prince of Wales.
(b) Permission from the King.
(c) A forger.
(d) Permission from the Admiralty.

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

4. What does it seem Meadows has done?
(a) Made a navigational mistake.
(b) Nothing that any other captain wouldn't do.
(c) Deliberately ignore repeated warnings by Bush.
(d) Ignored protocal.

5. What do the English do after the fighting?
(a) Batten down the hatches to seal off the watch below.
(b) Set fire to the ship.
(c) Prepare for another fight as they let the sleeping watch come topside.
(d) Plunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important thing that Hornblower takes from the French brig?

2. Of what does Hornblower despair the next morning?

3. How does Meadows seem to Hornblower?

4. What is passing by as Hornblower comes up on the deck of the Princess?

5. Who is O'Shaughnessy?

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