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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 request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?
(a) to sail with him to Panama
(b) to untie the "unenlightened" men he had staked in the sun
(c) to come to dinner aboard the Lydia
(d) to re-stock Lydia with food, water and other necessities

2. What card game did Hornblower like to play?
(a) whist
(b) poker
(c) bridge
(d) canasta

3. What does Captain Hornblower do at the same time every morning?
(a) He takes to the quarter deck and paces for an hour.
(b) He drills his crew.
(c) He commands Lydia to beat to quarters.
(d) He climbs the foremast.

4. Who was Galbraith?
(a) helmsman
(b) steward, originally from Wales
(c) coxswain, originally from Ireland
(d) 3rd Lieutenant originally from Scotland

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Hornblower been ordered to do with Lydia?

2. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?

3. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?

4. Who is Brown?

5. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?

(see the answer key)

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