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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Maria, Hornblower's wife's physique?
(a) short and tubby
(b) tall and fat
(c) tall and slender
(d) tiny and thin

2. What adjective does Bush use to describe Hornblower?
(a) proud
(b) intellectual
(c) unfriendly
(d) shy

3. Who comes aboard Lydia in a small craft to speak with Hornblower?
(a) Manuel Hernandez
(b) Don Juan
(c) Hernandez Lopez
(d) El Suprempo

4. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) Napoleonic War between France and England
(b) the French Revolution
(c) the Seven Years' War
(d) the War of 1812

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bush looked forward to what promotion because of his admirable actions on board Lydia?

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

3. What did Hornblower's little son die of?

4. What did every midnight show in the sky?

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

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