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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom should Hornblower open communication to receive further orders as soon as it was convenient?
(a) the Admiral of the Gulf of Fonseca
(b) the captain of a nearby British ship
(c) the English king
(d) the Rear Admiral commanding the Leeward Islands

2. What was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?
(a) Cape Horn
(b) Argentina
(c) the Falkand islands
(d) Cape Fear

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

4. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?
(a) his large nose
(b) his thin legs
(c) his big feet
(d) his pot belly

5. What had Hornblower resolved to do on this voyage that he hadn't done previously?
(a) immediately punish any seaman who stepped out of line
(b) refrain from talkativeness and over-familiarity with the crew
(c) drill the crew every day
(d) write daily in his ship's log

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Galbraith?

2. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?

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

4. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?

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

(see the answer key)

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