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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?
(a) seven months
(b) six weeks
(c) 3 months
(d) seven weeks

2. Who is Polwheal?
(a) a red-haired half-wit
(b) 1st lieutenant
(c) the ship surgeon
(d) Hornblower's steward

3. A how-many-gun salute does El Supremo demand he have on boarding Lydia?
(a) 21
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 23

4. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?
(a) to establish British settlements
(b) to moor their ships in the harbors
(c) to use them to send British convicts there for imprisonment
(d) for British commerce and trade

5. What did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?
(a) rum and scones
(b) black extract of burnt bread
(c) dry bread crusts and milk
(d) a mixture of mashed biscuit crumbs and minced salt beef

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hornblower do when he didn't know how to respond to something someone said?

2. How many guns does Natividad have on board?

3. Who is Gerard?

4. What does El Supremo plan to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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