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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other communique was handed to Hornblower by the Spaniards who boarded Lydia?
(a) a letter with detailed plans on how to recapture Natividad
(b) a dinner invitation to come ashore and dine with Spanish officials
(c) a letter from Lady Barbara requesting return passage to England.
(d) a letter condemning Hornblower for handing Natividad to El Supremo

2. Where could Hornblower replenish his supplies on the voyage home to England?
(a) St. Helena, Sierra Leone, or Gibraltar
(b) Cape Horn, Chile, the Falkand Islands
(c) Peru, Argentina, Chile
(d) Panama, Peru, Nicaragua

3. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) one
(d) four

4. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?
(a) the Spaniards
(b) Vice Admiral Don Cristobal de Crespo
(c) Ship Captain Andrade
(d) Don Julian Alvarado

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Hornblower do on the same day Lady Barbara invited him to breakfast?

2. What had long been a dream of the British government?

3. What did Hornblower tell the Spanish officer who boarded Lydia when Lydia was headed for Panama?

4. What does El Supremo plan to do?

5. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

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