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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) strange exotic foliage
(b) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(c) a native wedding procession
(d) a herd of wild boar

2. Describe Lady Manningtree.
(a) She's an elegant, slender older woman
(b) She's of medium build and pretty
(c) She's short and fat.
(d) She's tall and aristocratic

3. Until Lydia had made harbor what was the favorite dish in the midshipman's berth?
(a) canned goods
(b) stale bread
(c) fish
(d) rats

4. Who accompanies Lady Barbara ?
(a) Hebe, her lascivious handmaid
(b) Herbert, her native servant
(c) Carmen, her South American girlfriend
(d) Margaret, her sister

5. What might have saved the romance of Hornblower and Lady Barbara?
(a) if they had had two or three days to get over the upset
(b) if Hornblower had begged for forgiveness
(c) if Lady Barbara had swallowed her pride
(d) if Hornblower had found out his wife had passed on

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?

2. What did Hornblower do when he didn't know how to respond to something someone said?

3. How did Hornblower's conscience tell him to remember Maria?

4. What request did Hornblower make of El Supremo?

5. When Galbraith was dying, who did he think Lady Barbara was?

(see the answer key)

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