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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Unprosperous Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?
(a) his large nose
(b) his thin legs
(c) his pot belly
(d) his big feet

2. When Galbraith was dying, who did he think Lady Barbara was?
(a) an angel
(b) his sister
(c) his mother
(d) his wife

3. What does El Supremo plan to do?
(a) capture treasure ships
(b) visit England
(c) capture Lydia
(d) sail with an army to capture the capital of Nicaragua

4. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?
(a) to enjoy his quest for prize ships
(b) to return to England at the first opportunity
(c) to desist in helping El Supremo and to suppress rebellion
(d) to accompany them to Panama for further orders

5. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?
(a) to sail with him to Panama
(b) to re-stock Lydia with food, water and other necessities
(c) to untie the "unenlightened" men he had staked in the sun
(d) to come to dinner aboard the Lydia

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Lydia could be beached for the carpenters to work on her bottom what had to be done?

2. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

3. When does the prosperous period of Hornblower's voyage conclude?

4. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?

5. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

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