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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Prosperous Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?
(a) withhold food for three days
(b) threaten that any crewman who disobeys must walk the plank
(c) execute a hesitant boy
(d) tie a disobedient crewsman to the mast

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

4. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?
(a) El Supremo
(b) Hernando Alvarez
(c) Jesus de Natividad
(d) Manuel Hernandez

5. How many guns does the H.M.S. Lydia have on board?
(a) 26
(b) 50
(c) 60
(d) 36

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?

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

4. What made the whole crew of Lydia spring into action on approaching Natividad?

5. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?

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