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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Lady Manningtree.
(a) She's tall and aristocratic
(b) She's an elegant, slender older woman
(c) She's of medium build and pretty
(d) She's short and fat.

2. What does Hornblower order the surgeon to give to the wounded men?
(a) whiskey and bread
(b) morphine
(c) laudanum and rum
(d) tea and scones

3. 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 Rear Admiral commanding the Leeward Islands
(c) the captain of a nearby British ship
(d) the English king

4. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?
(a) the Spaniards
(b) Ship Captain Andrade
(c) Vice Admiral Don Cristobal de Crespo
(d) Don Julian Alvarado

5. Hornblower had been how many years at sea?
(a) 20
(b) 19
(c) 17
(d) 25

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?

2. What had long been a dream of the British government?

3. What was the name of the three-decker ship at St. Helena?

4. What might have saved the romance of Hornblower and Lady Barbara?

5. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?

(see the answer key)

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