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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 did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?
(a) dry bread crusts and milk
(b) rum and scones
(c) a mixture of mashed biscuit crumbs and minced salt beef
(d) black extract of burnt bread

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

3. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) one

4. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the coast of Ecuador
(b) on the Gulf of Sequia
(c) on the coast of Nicaragua
(d) on the Gulf of Fonseca

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months at sea were they without touching land?

2. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?

3. How would you describe the physical appearance of El Supremo?

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

5. Hornblower had been how many years at sea?

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