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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cockpit?
(a) the cook's area
(b) the area where the coxswain resides
(c) the surgeon's area
(d) the area where the pumps are located

2. What was El Supremo dressed in when presented to Hornblower aboard the Spanish lugger?
(a) his finest regalia
(b) an old Spanish uniform
(c) dirty rags
(d) he was naked

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

4. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) a native wedding procession
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) strange exotic foliage
(d) a herd of wild boar

5. What stopped Lady Barbara and Hornblower from continuing to kiss?
(a) the cry "Land Ho" was heard from the deck
(b) Bush's entrance
(c) Girard's entrance
(d) Hebe's entrance

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange fancies did Hornblower have after nearly a year cooped up in the Lydia?

2. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?

3. How many guns does the H.M.S. Lydia have on board?

4. A how-many-gun salute does El Supremo demand he have on boarding Lydia?

5. It was Hornblower's duty to do what now?

(see the answer key)

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