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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?
(a) He spat on the deck.
(b) He ordered the Spanish sailing master to be flogged.
(c) He tossed the image of the Virgin and Child overboard.
(d) He acted in such a way to make it appear he was a homosexual.

2. What had Hornblower been ordered to do with Lydia?
(a) sink it rather than surrender
(b) stay out of sight until arrival at the Gulf of Fonseca
(c) use it to immmedately take Natividad
(d) hand it over to El Supremo

3. Hornblower was ordered to form an alliance with whom in rebellion against Spain?
(a) Ship Captain Andrade
(b) the Spaniards
(c) Don Julian Alvarado
(d) Vice Admiral Don Cristobal de Crespo

4. What did Hornblower feel bred mutiny?
(a) boredom
(b) lack of food
(c) long, idle days
(d) a long period of rough seas

5. How many guns does the H.M.S. Lydia have on board?
(a) 36
(b) 26
(c) 50
(d) 60

6. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?
(a) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(b) boatswain Harrison
(c) 3rd Lieutenant Galbraith
(d) 1st Lieutenant Bush

7. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) one
(d) four

8. Who was the first member of the crew to be publicly flogged?
(a) Hornblower's steward, Polwheal
(b) Owen, a half-wit
(c) Lieutenant Samuel Simmonds
(d) a red-headed Irishman who played the fiddle

9. What did Hornblower do when he didn't know how to respond to something someone said?
(a) He agreed with whatever was said
(b) He blushed
(c) He cleared his throat with a "Ha-----h'm"
(d) He lied

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

11. When would Hornblower be permitted to capture treasure ships in the Pacific?
(a) right before returning to England
(b) after one month
(c) after the rebellion against Spain was successful
(d) after he ship was repaired and fullly stocked with food

12. What were the huts that Hornblower saw on his way to the palace made of?
(a) local volcanic stone
(b) palmettos
(c) mud
(d) wood

13. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?
(a) 3 knots
(b) 2 knots
(c) 4 knots
(d) 6 knots

14. What does Hernandez mean by "unenlightened" men?
(a) non-religious men
(b) men who deny El Supremo's divinity
(c) men who cannot read
(d) men who have never attended school

15. What was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?
(a) Cape Fear
(b) Cape Horn
(c) Argentina
(d) the Falkand islands

Short Answer Questions

1. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?

2. What card game did Hornblower like to play?

3. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?

4. How long after sighting the Horn had Hornblower brought Lydia to her destination?

5. How does El Supremo view his subjects?

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