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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 Hornblower decline after dining with Lady Barbara and his officers?
(a) a game of poker
(b) a glass of wine
(c) a game of vingt-un-vingt
(d) a game of whist

2. What did Hornblower's little son die of?
(a) typhoid fever
(b) smallpox
(c) scarlet fever
(d) pneumonia

3. Who was Galbraith?
(a) coxswain, originally from Ireland
(b) 3rd Lieutenant originally from Scotland
(c) helmsman
(d) steward, originally from Wales

4. What does Captain Hornblower do on the same day Lady Barbara invited him to breakfast?
(a) He goes to bed early , exhausted by his encounter with Lady Barbara
(b) He invites Lady Barbara and some officers to dinner and cards
(c) He writes a long thank-you letter to Lady Barbara
(d) He takes a small boat to shore to investigate the terrain

5. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) the French Revolution
(b) the Seven Years' War
(c) the War of 1812
(d) Napoleonic War between France and England

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Hornblower do at the same time every morning?

2. Why was it so hot in the little bay where Lydia dropped anchor?

3. What did every noontide show?

4. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?

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

(see the answer key)

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