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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower announce to the Spanish politicians after he admits fomenting revolution and delivering Natividad to El Supremo?
(a) that he continue fomenting revolution against Spain
(b) he will call on the Spanish governor at Panama and seek to destroy or capture Natividad
(c) that he will sail immediately for England
(d) admits he was foolish in siding with such a madman as El Supremo under any circumstance

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

3. Before Lydia could be beached for the carpenters to work on her bottom what had to be done?
(a) the depth of the water had to be tested
(b) Lydia must be lightened
(c) different crewmen had to be assigned to the various repair jobs
(d) the crew had to be well-fed

4. Describe Lady Manningtree.
(a) She's tall and aristocratic
(b) She's short and fat.
(c) She's of medium build and pretty
(d) She's an elegant, slender older woman

5. What is Maria, Hornblower's wife's attitude toward sailors?
(a) She had a poor opinion of them.
(b) Maria was loyal to any seaman because of her husband.
(c) Maria felt it was a romantic profession.
(d) Maria feared them for their rowdiness and rough ways

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the grim nemesis awaiting men with open wounds in those pre-antiseptic days?

2. What did Hornblower's left hand bear?

3. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?

4. How many years had Sir James Saumarez spent at sea?

5. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?

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