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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 is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?
(a) self-effacement
(b) timidity
(c) grandiosity
(d) arrogance

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

3. What could Lydia not hope to survive in her present condition?
(a) the storms of Cape Horn
(b) another seven months at sea
(c) an attack by pirates
(d) another sea battle

4. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) black with a red star in the middle
(b) blue with a yellow star in the middle
(c) yellow with a blue star in the middle
(d) green with a yellow star in the middle

5. Why does Hornblower think he was selected for this mission?
(a) he had sailed to South America before
(b) he had friends high up in the Admiralty
(c) he had such a good record as a ship's captain
(d) he spoke Spanish, having been a Spanish prisoner of war

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cockpit?

2. What was the indication that Lydia could only just hold in check the water coming aboard through the holes shot in her hull?

3. What was the grim nemesis awaiting men with open wounds in those pre-antiseptic days?

4. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?

5. Who comes aboard Lydia in a small craft to speak with Hornblower?

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