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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 difficulty does Hornblower encounter after his visit with the Viceroy and his return to Lydia?
(a) The anchor is heavily fouled.
(b) His men became drunk during his absence
(c) Lady Barbara hung her underwear on deck to dry
(d) He finds out Hebe, Lady Barbara's maid, is a prostitute

2. What does Hornblower inform Lady Barbara about her brother, Arthur?
(a) that he was captured by the French
(b) that he has gained a single military victory in the war
(c) that he has married back in England
(d) that he has come down with yellow fever

3. Where could Hornblower replenish his supplies on the voyage home to England?
(a) Peru, Argentina, Chile
(b) Cape Horn, Chile, the Falkand Islands
(c) St. Helena, Sierra Leone, or Gibraltar
(d) Panama, Peru, Nicaragua

4. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?
(a) in surgeon, Laurie's cabin
(b) in Polwheal, Hornblower's steward's cabin
(c) In 1st Lieutenant Bush's cabin
(d) in Captain Hornblower's cabin

5. After sailing the coast, Lydia encounters rough weather and __________________. what does she do?
(a) continues on her journey
(b) throws anchor and the men go ashore
(c) battens down the hatches
(d) shortens sail

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hornblower announce to the Spanish politicians after he admits fomenting revolution and delivering Natividad to El Supremo?

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

3. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?

4. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?

5. During the repairs on the ship what is Hornblower's main concern?

(see the answer key)

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