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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 had long been a dream of the British government?
(a) establishing colonies in South America
(b) having better ships and seamen than any other country
(c) starting a rebellion in the Spanish American colonies
(d) becoming the most powerful country in the world

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

3. What were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?
(a) local volcanic stone
(b) mud
(c) palmettos
(d) wood

4. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) a herd of wild boar
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) a native wedding procession
(d) strange exotic foliage

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many guns does the H.M.S. Lydia have on board?

2. What did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?

3. Who was Galbraith?

4. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?

5. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?

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