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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 was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?
(a) Argentina
(b) Cape Fear
(c) Cape Horn
(d) the Falkand islands

2. How many months at sea were they without touching land?
(a) seven
(b) five
(c) seven and a half
(d) six

3. What was the reaction of the Spanish officer who came aboard the Lydia?
(a) curiosity and admiration
(b) fear and cowardice
(c) anger and impatience
(d) pride and intolerance

4. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) black with a red star in the middle
(b) green with a yellow star in the middle
(c) yellow with a blue star in the middle
(d) blue with a yellow star in the middle

5. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?
(a) Vice Admiral Don Cristobal de Crespo
(b) the Spaniards
(c) Ship Captain Andrade
(d) Don Julian Alvarado

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the letter the Spaniard handed Hornblower contain?

2. What operation do Hornblower, Laurie and Lady Barbara have to perform on Williams?

3. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?

4. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

5. What does Hornblower order the surgeon to give to the wounded men?

(see the answer key)

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