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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?
(a) tie a disobedient crewsman to the mast
(b) threaten that any crewman who disobeys must walk the plank
(c) withhold food for three days
(d) execute a hesitant boy

3. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) the Seven Years' War
(b) the War of 1812
(c) the French Revolution
(d) Napoleonic War between France and England

4. What were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?
(a) wood
(b) mud
(c) local volcanic stone
(d) palmettos

5. Who was the first member of the crew to be publicly flogged?
(a) Owen, a half-wit
(b) a red-headed Irishman who played the fiddle
(c) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(d) Lieutenant Samuel Simmonds

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?

2. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?

3. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?

4. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?

5. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?

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