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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 were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?
(a) local volcanic stone
(b) mud
(c) palmettos
(d) wood

2. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) a herd of wild boar
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) strange exotic foliage
(d) a native wedding procession

3. What was the name of the three-decker ship at St. Helena?
(a) Terrarie
(b) Temaine
(c) Temeraire
(d) Tempest

4. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?
(a) his sickroom as a child
(b) the inside of a dark cave
(c) some canto in the Inferno
(d) an orderly hospital room

5. What did Hornblower feel bred mutiny?
(a) long, idle days
(b) lack of food
(c) a long period of rough seas
(d) boredom

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?

2. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?

3. Where did Hornblower take Lydia to be repaired?

4. What did every midnight show in the sky?

5. What could the Wellesley family do to Hornblower if he seduced or offended Lady Barbara?

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