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

2. What was the grim nemesis awaiting men with open wounds in those pre-antiseptic days?
(a) typhoid fever
(b) amputation
(c) gangrene
(d) tentanus

3. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) the Seven Years' War
(b) the War of 1812
(c) Napoleonic War between France and England
(d) the French Revolution

4. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?
(a) six weeks
(b) seven weeks
(c) 3 months
(d) seven months

5. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?
(a) to keep them from fighting back
(b) to save them from being executed by El Supremo
(c) to teach them the superiority of the English
(d) to hold them 'til their flogging

Short Answer Questions

1. During the repairs on the ship what is Hornblower's main concern?

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

3. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?

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

5. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?

(see the answer key)

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