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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?
(a) in surgeon, Laurie's cabin
(b) In 1st Lieutenant Bush's cabin
(c) in Polwheal, Hornblower's steward's cabin
(d) in Captain Hornblower's cabin

2. What had long been a dream of the British government?
(a) becoming the most powerful country in the world
(b) having better ships and seamen than any other country
(c) starting a rebellion in the Spanish American colonies
(d) establishing colonies in South America

3. How many guns does Natividad have on board?
(a) 50
(b) 46
(c) 40
(d) 36

4. Describe Lady Barbara.
(a) She is a delicate blond, not wanting to get her hands dirty or soil her clothes
(b) She is 27, tanned and from an influential English family
(c) She is short, dark-haired , plump and fair with pink cheeks
(d) She is a red-head with a fiery temper

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A how-many-gun salute does El Supremo demand he have on boarding Lydia?

2. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

3. Why does Hornblower think he was selected for this mission?

4. How does El Supremo view his subjects?

5. What was the chief fear Hornblower had going into battle?

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