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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?
(a) dressed in his best finery
(b) wrote a letter to the admiralty
(c) called the crew to the quarterdeck to celebrate with rum
(d) ordered a beat to quarters

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Galbraith?

2. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?

3. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?

4. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?

5. Who is Gerard?

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