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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 had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?
(a) send them to breakfast to have full bellies going into action
(b) remind them they had had seven months of heavy drilling
(c) gave them a talk on loyalty to the Crown
(d) thank them for their loyal service

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

3. After sailing the coast, Lydia encounters rough weather and __________________. what does she do?
(a) throws anchor and the men go ashore
(b) battens down the hatches
(c) shortens sail
(d) continues on her journey

4. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the coast of Ecuador
(b) on the coast of Nicaragua
(c) on the Gulf of Sequia
(d) on the Gulf of Fonseca

5. What does Lydia sight after a few days ?
(a) an island
(b) prize ships to capture
(c) Natividad once more
(d) a Spanish ship flying a flag of truce

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hornblower order done when the crew became depressed and discouraged?

3. Where did Hornblower take Lydia to be repaired?

4. What other communique was handed to Hornblower by the Spaniards who boarded Lydia?

5. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?

(see the answer key)

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