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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 Hornblower feel bred mutiny?
(a) boredom
(b) long, idle days
(c) lack of food
(d) a long period of rough seas

2. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?
(a) 2 knots
(b) 4 knots
(c) 6 knots
(d) 3 knots

3. What was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?
(a) Cape Fear
(b) Argentina
(c) the Falkand islands
(d) Cape Horn

4. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?
(a) seven months
(b) seven weeks
(c) 3 months
(d) six weeks

5. Who is Brown?
(a) botswain's mate
(b) crewman
(c) master's mate
(d) coxswain

Short Answer Questions

1. Until Lydia had made harbor what was the favorite dish in the midshipman's berth?

2. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?

3. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?

4. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?

5. Who comes aboard Lydia in a small craft to speak with Hornblower?

(see the answer key)

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