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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 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 doesn't know what a coxswain is.
(c) Lady Barbara doesn't know what "Beat to Quarters" means
(d) Lady Barbara refers to the deck of her cabin as the "floor".

2. What habit had Lady Barbara acquired in her forced loneliness?
(a) confiding in Hebe, her maid
(b) writing long letters to England , though they couldn't be sent
(c) firting with the crew
(d) talking with herself

3. What had Hornblower resolved to do on this voyage that he hadn't done previously?
(a) drill the crew every day
(b) immediately punish any seaman who stepped out of line
(c) write daily in his ship's log
(d) refrain from talkativeness and over-familiarity with the crew

4. How many dead British seamen are collected and interred to the sea?
(a) 14
(b) 12
(c) 24
(d) 25

5. Hornblower would have gladly given a limb or his remaining hair in exchange for what?
(a) capturing a prize ship
(b) a ribbon and a star with which to dazzle Lady Barbara
(c) a new set of fine clother
(d) being promoted to admiral

Short Answer Questions

1. How do El Supremos' officers quell the crew after they take over Natividad?

2. Describe Maria, Hornblower's wife's physique?

3. How was Hornblower enticed into a conversation?

4. What was the reaction of the Spanish officer who came aboard the Lydia?

5. Who relieved Rayner at eight bells?

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