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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Prosperous Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Hornblower been ordered to do with Lydia?
(a) use it to immmedately take Natividad
(b) sink it rather than surrender
(c) stay out of sight until arrival at the Gulf of Fonseca
(d) hand it over to El Supremo

2. What does El Supremo plan to do?
(a) sail with an army to capture the capital of Nicaragua
(b) capture treasure ships
(c) capture Lydia
(d) visit England

3. How would you describe the physical appearance of El Supremo?
(a) a large man with greying hair
(b) a swarthy, tanned wild-looking man
(c) a thin, intellectual-looking man who was balding
(d) a small, unimpressive man with lank black hair

4. What made the whole crew of Lydia spring into action on approaching Natividad?
(a) fear
(b) Hornblower blowing his silver whistle
(c) Hornblower's beat to quarters
(d) a man on the foremast calling the order

5. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?
(a) hoists the sails
(b) fires the cannonades at Natividad
(c) calls a beat to quarters
(d) unconcernedly asks some officers to dinner and plays cards

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?

2. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?

3. Until Lydia had made harbor what was the favorite dish in the midshipman's berth?

4. What does Captain Hornblower do at the same time every morning?

5. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?

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