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

2. Who was the first member of the crew to be publicly flogged?
(a) a red-headed Irishman who played the fiddle
(b) Owen, a half-wit
(c) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(d) Lieutenant Samuel Simmonds

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

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

5. What is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?
(a) self-effacement
(b) timidity
(c) grandiosity
(d) arrogance

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?

2. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?

3. What card game did Hornblower like to play?

4. How many months at sea were they without touching land?

5. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?

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