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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 does Captain Hornblower do at the same time every morning?
(a) He commands Lydia to beat to quarters.
(b) He climbs the foremast.
(c) He drills his crew.
(d) He takes to the quarter deck and paces for an hour.

2. What did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?
(a) a mixture of mashed biscuit crumbs and minced salt beef
(b) black extract of burnt bread
(c) rum and scones
(d) dry bread crusts and milk

3. Who accompanies Lady Barbara ?
(a) Herbert, her native servant
(b) Carmen, her South American girlfriend
(c) Hebe, her lascivious handmaid
(d) Margaret, her sister

4. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?
(a) that they laughed at him and he became their chief source of entertainment
(b) that they spat on him
(c) they were going to hang him without his being able to make make peace with God
(d) that they didn't feed him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cockpit?

2. Hornblower had been how many years at sea?

3. What does Hornblower inform Lady Barbara about her brother, Arthur?

4. When Lydia and Natividad steer a collision course, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly?

5. With whom should Hornblower open communication to receive further orders as soon as it was convenient?

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