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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 is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?
(a) to return to England at the first opportunity
(b) to accompany them to Panama for further orders
(c) to desist in helping El Supremo and to suppress rebellion
(d) to enjoy his quest for prize ships

2. When Lydia and Natividad steer a collision course, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly?
(a) raises a white flag of truce
(b) calls his officers together to confer on what's best to do
(c) retreats to a safe distance away to plan his next move
(d) veers to leeward, yielding the weather gauge

3. What did Hornblower tell the Spanish officer who boarded Lydia when Lydia was headed for Panama?
(a) that he was returning to England
(b) that he had sunk Natividad
(c) that he was headed for the Pearl Islands
(d) that he had lost one-third of his crew

4. What adjective does Bush use to describe Hornblower?
(a) unfriendly
(b) shy
(c) intellectual
(d) proud

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Lady Barbara.

2. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?

3. When Hornblower sights Natividad in the heavy weather, where does he send Wellesley for safety?

4. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?

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

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