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

2. What had Hornblower been ordered to do with Lydia?
(a) hand it over to El Supremo
(b) stay out of sight until arrival at the Gulf of Fonseca
(c) use it to immmedately take Natividad
(d) sink it rather than surrender

3. How does El Supremo view his subjects?
(a) as loyal servants
(b) as beasts
(c) as his enemies
(d) as his children

4. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Belgium
(d) Holland

5. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?
(a) men who cannot read
(b) non-religious men
(c) men who have never attended school
(d) men who deny El Supremo's divinity

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?

3. Hornblower had been how many years at sea?

4. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?

5. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?

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