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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 was irksome to the Spanish officer after he had denied Lydia's dropping anchor on the Spanish Main?
(a) Hornblower's putting down Spanish America
(b) Hornblower's nasty words
(c) Hornblower's friendly, cavalier dismissal
(d) Hornblower's downcast countenance

2. Where has Lady Barbara been moved to?
(a) the orlop deck
(b) Bush's cabin
(c) Hornblower's cabin again
(d) Gerard's cabin

3. What does Hornblower learn from the communiques handed him by the men who come aboard?
(a) Hornblower is under arrest for handing Natividad to El Supremo
(b) Spain is now England's ally
(c) Hornblower is ordered to return to England
(d) Hornblower and his crew are invited to a dinner on shore

4. What operation do Hornblower, Laurie and Lady Barbara have to perform on Williams?
(a) amputate his arm
(b) amputate his leg
(c) remove a splinter from his arm
(d) remove a splinter from his chest

5. With whom does Bush compare Hornblower?
(a) with Alexander the Great
(b) with Lady Barbara's brother
(c) with Napoleon
(d) with Nelson

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit had Lady Barbara acquired in her forced loneliness?

2. Describe Maria, Hornblower's wife's complexion?

3. How was Hornblower enticed into a conversation?

4. Who had made a pile of oakum-filled cushions for Lady Barbara to sit on?

5. How does El Supremo view his subjects?

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