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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 does Lydia sight after a few days ?
(a) an island
(b) Natividad once more
(c) a Spanish ship flying a flag of truce
(d) prize ships to capture

2. Describe Maria, Hornblower's wife's complexion?
(a) Maria's complexion was fair with pink cheeks.
(b) Maria's complexion was ruddy like a red-headed Irish woman.
(c) Maria's complexion was swarthy
(d) Maria's complexion had a tendency to have spots

3. As the last section of the novel. "The Happy Return", opens with whom is Lady Barbara talking in the moonlight beside the traffrail?
(a) Lieutenant Bush
(b) Gerard
(c) Hornblower
(d) Hebe

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

5. What was the name of the three-decker ship at St. Helena?
(a) Temaine
(b) Temeraire
(c) Terrarie
(d) Tempest

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maria, Hornblower's wife's attitude toward sailors?

2. What did C.S. Forester compare the crew to now that they knew they were homeward bound?

3. What is the fate of Natividad?

4. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?

5. When Hornblower sights Natividad in the heavy weather, where does he send Wellesley for safety?

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