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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?
(a) called the crew to the quarterdeck to celebrate with rum
(b) wrote a letter to the admiralty
(c) ordered a beat to quarters
(d) dressed in his best finery

4. What had Hornblower resolved to do on this voyage that he hadn't done previously?
(a) drill the crew every day
(b) write daily in his ship's log
(c) immediately punish any seaman who stepped out of line
(d) refrain from talkativeness and over-familiarity with the crew

5. Who was the first member of the crew to be publicly flogged?
(a) Lieutenant Samuel Simmonds
(b) Owen, a half-wit
(c) a red-headed Irishman who played the fiddle
(d) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal

Short Answer Questions

1. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?

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

3. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?

4. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?

5. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?

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