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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would Hornblower be permitted to capture treasure ships in the Pacific?
(a) after the rebellion against Spain was successful
(b) after one month
(c) right before returning to England
(d) after he ship was repaired and fullly stocked with food

2. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
(a) four
(b) three
(c) two
(d) one

3. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?
(a) to hold them 'til their flogging
(b) to save them from being executed by El Supremo
(c) to teach them the superiority of the English
(d) to keep them from fighting back

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

5. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?
(a) Laurie
(b) Harper
(c) Dauson
(d) Whipple

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?

2. What had long been a dream of the British government?

3. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?

4. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?

5. A how-many-gun salute does El Supremo demand he have on boarding Lydia?

(see the answer key)

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