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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 Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) strange exotic foliage
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) a herd of wild boar
(d) a native wedding procession

2. What card game did Hornblower like to play?
(a) bridge
(b) canasta
(c) poker
(d) whist

3. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?
(a) El Supremo
(b) Jesus de Natividad
(c) Hernando Alvarez
(d) Manuel Hernandez

4. What was El Supremo dressed in when presented to Hornblower aboard the Spanish lugger?
(a) he was naked
(b) his finest regalia
(c) dirty rags
(d) an old Spanish uniform

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Lady Barbara ?

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

3. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?

4. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?

5. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?

(see the answer key)

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