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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?
(a) boatswain Harrison
(b) 3rd Lieutenant Galbraith
(c) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(d) 1st Lieutenant Bush

3. What was the grim nemesis awaiting men with open wounds in those pre-antiseptic days?
(a) gangrene
(b) typhoid fever
(c) tentanus
(d) amputation

4. When Hornblower sights Natividad in the heavy weather, where does he send Wellesley for safety?
(a) to the surgeon's cabin
(b) to Lieutenant Bush's cabin
(c) to the cockpit
(d) below to the cable tier

5. What does Hornblower announce to the Spanish politicians after he admits fomenting revolution and delivering Natividad to El Supremo?
(a) admits he was foolish in siding with such a madman as El Supremo under any circumstance
(b) he will call on the Spanish governor at Panama and seek to destroy or capture Natividad
(c) that he will sail immediately for England
(d) that he continue fomenting revolution against Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. When would Hornblower be permitted to capture treasure ships in the Pacific?

2. Who is Brown?

3. What had Hornblower resolved to do on this voyage that he hadn't done previously?

4. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?

5. What made the whole crew of Lydia spring into action on approaching Natividad?

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