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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 Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?
(a) to desist in helping El Supremo and to suppress rebellion
(b) to accompany them to Panama for further orders
(c) to return to England at the first opportunity
(d) to enjoy his quest for prize ships

2. What does Hornblower learn from the communiques handed him by the men who come aboard?
(a) Hornblower is ordered to return to England
(b) Hornblower is under arrest for handing Natividad to El Supremo
(c) Spain is now England's ally
(d) Hornblower and his crew are invited to a dinner on shore

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

4. What features of the landscape do they always see when sailing along the coast?
(a) bananna trees
(b) snow-peaked mountains
(c) volcanic peaks
(d) pink sand beaches

5. How many months at sea were they without touching land?
(a) seven and a half
(b) seven
(c) five
(d) six

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many guns did the Natividad have on board?

3. Who died after having both legs smashed below the knees?

4. Why was time of utmost importance in repairing Lydia to sail home?

5. Although Hornblower is reluctant to take Lady Barbara aboard Lydia, and instantly dislikes her, why does he agree to let her seek passage home aboard his ship?

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