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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it so hot in the little bay where Lydia dropped anchor?
(a) it was the bay of a tropical island
(b) it was the summer season
(c) the lofty mountains all about cut off the wind
(d) it wasn't that hot , the crew was just used to being at sea

2. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?
(a) Whipple
(b) Harper
(c) Laurie
(d) Dauson

3. What did Hornblower feel bred mutiny?
(a) long, idle days
(b) boredom
(c) a long period of rough seas
(d) lack of food

4. What was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?
(a) Cape Horn
(b) Argentina
(c) the Falkand islands
(d) Cape Fear

5. Before Lydia could be beached for the carpenters to work on her bottom what had to be done?
(a) different crewmen had to be assigned to the various repair jobs
(b) the crew had to be well-fed
(c) Lydia must be lightened
(d) the depth of the water had to be tested

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Polwheal?

2. Among all the ships in the harbor of St. Helena there were Indiamem and what others?

3. What does Hornblower inform Lady Barbara about her brother, Arthur?

4. When does the prosperous period of Hornblower's voyage conclude?

5. How did Sir Saumarez react upon hearing of Lydia's sinking of Natividad?

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