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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 24
(d) 25

2. What other communique was handed to Hornblower by the Spaniards who boarded Lydia?
(a) a letter from Lady Barbara requesting return passage to England.
(b) a letter with detailed plans on how to recapture Natividad
(c) a letter condemning Hornblower for handing Natividad to El Supremo
(d) a dinner invitation to come ashore and dine with Spanish officials

3. What was the indication that Lydia could only just hold in check the water coming aboard through the holes shot in her hull?
(a) there was water on deck
(b) the ship sat lower in the water
(c) clear white water gushed from the pumps
(d) the men were tired of manning the pumps

4. What does Captain Hornblower do on the same day Lady Barbara invited him to breakfast?
(a) He takes a small boat to shore to investigate the terrain
(b) He writes a long thank-you letter to Lady Barbara
(c) He goes to bed early , exhausted by his encounter with Lady Barbara
(d) He invites Lady Barbara and some officers to dinner and cards

5. What caused the Lydia to gain speed?
(a) the crew's eagerness to reach England
(b) the westerly trade winds
(c) the fair weather
(d) the high seas

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Sir James Saumarez spend in continuous warfare?

2. What did every midnight show in the sky?

3. What is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?

4. What did Hornblower feel bred mutiny?

5. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?

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