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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 the cockpit?
(a) the cook's area
(b) the area where the pumps are located
(c) the surgeon's area
(d) the area where the coxswain resides

2. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?
(a) withhold food for three days
(b) tie a disobedient crewsman to the mast
(c) threaten that any crewman who disobeys must walk the plank
(d) execute a hesitant boy

3. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?
(a) in Peru
(b) in Ecuador
(c) in the whole west coast of South America
(d) across the Isthmus of Darien

4. What is Hornblower's destination after leaving El Supremo and his rag tag army in Nicaragua?
(a) Ecuador
(b) Cape Horn
(c) the pearl centers of Central America
(d) England

5. How does El Supremo view his subjects?
(a) as loyal servants
(b) as beasts
(c) as his children
(d) as his enemies

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?

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

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

4. What does El Supremo want the two ships to do after Natividad is captured?

5. What difficulty does Hornblower encounter after his visit with the Viceroy and his return to Lydia?

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