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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Lady Barbara.
(a) She is a red-head with a fiery temper
(b) She is short, dark-haired , plump and fair with pink cheeks
(c) She is a delicate blond, not wanting to get her hands dirty or soil her clothes
(d) She is 27, tanned and from an influential English family

2. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?
(a) Holland
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) Germany

3. What did Hornblower order done when the crew became depressed and discouraged?
(a) ordered them to sing sea shanties
(b) ordered them to take a meal
(c) ordered them to pray
(d) ordered the red-haired Sullivan to play the fiddle and the men to dance

4. Who is Brown?
(a) coxswain
(b) crewman
(c) master's mate
(d) botswain's mate

5. Who was Lady Manningtree?
(a) the wife of an ex-admiral
(b) the wife of one of Lady Barbara's friends
(c) the wife of an ex-governor general
(d) the firend of Lady Barbara's mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment did Lady Barbara make about Hornblower's hands?

2. For what does the crew love Hornblower?

3. What did Sir Saumarez say Hornblower could do?

4. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?

5. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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