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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 did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) blue with a yellow star in the middle
(b) black with a red star in the middle
(c) green with a yellow star in the middle
(d) yellow with a blue star in the middle

2. What did every midnight show in the sky?
(a) the Great Bear
(b) the Southern Cross higher
(c) a starry night
(d) the north star guiding the ship

3. How did Lady Barbara react when Hornblower refused her further advances?
(a) She was humiliated
(b) She was heart-broken
(c) She was unrelenting in her attempts to woo him
(d) She was in a cold rage

4. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?
(a) Lady Barbara doesn't know what a foremast is.
(b) Lady Barbara refers to the deck of her cabin as the "floor".
(c) Lady Barbara doesn't know what a coxswain is.
(d) Lady Barbara doesn't know what "Beat to Quarters" means

5. What did Sir James Saumarez, who received Hornblower in his flagship, look like?
(a) He was tall and spare with white hair
(b) He was thin with a receding hair line
(c) He was short and fat and balding
(d) He was big and burly

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lady Barbara say they needed in the cockpit?

3. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?

4. When the wind dies, how does Lydia approach Natividad to resume battle?

5. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?

(see the answer key)

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