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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 shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?
(a) they were going to hang him without his being able to make make peace with God
(b) that they spat on him
(c) that they didn't feed him
(d) that they laughed at him and he became their chief source of entertainment

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

3. Who was Howell?
(a) the surgeon
(b) Hornblower's steward
(c) one of the warrant officers
(d) the ship's carpenter

4. What did the letter the Spaniard handed Hornblower contain?
(a) a congratualtion on Hornblower's success in sinking Natividad
(b) an invitation to drop anchor in Panama for repairs
(c) a formal prohibition for the Lydia to drop anchor in any port in Spanish America
(d) an invitation to a celebratory dinner ashore

5. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the coast of Ecuador
(b) on the Gulf of Sequia
(c) on the Gulf of Fonseca
(d) on the coast of Nicaragua

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Brown?

2. What could the Wellesley family do to Hornblower if he seduced or offended Lady Barbara?

3. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?

4. What was irksome to the Spanish officer after he had denied Lydia's dropping anchor on the Spanish Main?

5. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?

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