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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 feel bred mutiny?
(a) long, idle days
(b) a long period of rough seas
(c) boredom
(d) lack of food

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

3. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?
(a) 24
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 25

4. How long ago had Hornblower filled his storerooms and water barrels?
(a) six weeks ago
(b) a month ago
(c) seven weeks ago
(d) a fortnight ago

5. Who was Galbraith?
(a) steward, originally from Wales
(b) coxswain, originally from Ireland
(c) 3rd Lieutenant originally from Scotland
(d) helmsman

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?

2. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?

3. What is Hornblower's destination after leaving El Supremo and his rag tag army in Nicaragua?

4. Why does Hornblower think he was selected for this mission?

5. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?

(see the answer key)

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