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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hornblower sights Natividad in the heavy weather, where does he send Wellesley for safety?
(a) to the surgeon's cabin
(b) to the cockpit
(c) below to the cable tier
(d) to Lieutenant Bush's cabin

2. What does Hornblower learn from the communiques handed him by the men who come aboard?
(a) Hornblower and his crew are invited to a dinner on shore
(b) Hornblower is ordered to return to England
(c) Hornblower is under arrest for handing Natividad to El Supremo
(d) Spain is now England's ally

3. What does Hornblower inform Lady Barbara about her brother, Arthur?
(a) that he has come down with yellow fever
(b) that he has married back in England
(c) that he was captured by the French
(d) that he has gained a single military victory in the war

4. What is the fate of Natividad?
(a) she is captured by Lydia
(b) she escapes into the night
(c) she goes up in flames, the sea swallowing her up
(d) she returns to El Supremo

5. What was irksome to the Spanish officer after he had denied Lydia's dropping anchor on the Spanish Main?
(a) Hornblower's friendly, cavalier dismissal
(b) Hornblower's downcast countenance
(c) Hornblower's putting down Spanish America
(d) Hornblower's nasty words

6. What was the reaction of the Spanish officer who came aboard the Lydia?
(a) anger and impatience
(b) pride and intolerance
(c) curiosity and admiration
(d) fear and cowardice

7. Bush looked forward to what promotion because of his admirable actions on board Lydia?
(a) no promotion
(b) promotion to captain
(c) promotion to Commander or the first lieutenant
(d) promotion to admiral

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

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

10. What was the grim nemesis awaiting men with open wounds in those pre-antiseptic days?
(a) typhoid fever
(b) amputation
(c) gangrene
(d) tentanus

11. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?
(a) gave them a talk on loyalty to the Crown
(b) remind them they had had seven months of heavy drilling
(c) send them to breakfast to have full bellies going into action
(d) thank them for their loyal service

12. Who was Howell?
(a) one of the warrant officers
(b) Hornblower's steward
(c) the ship's carpenter
(d) the surgeon

13. What are manned continuously after Lydia is damaged in battle with Natividad?
(a) the night watches
(b) the watches over the wounded
(c) the carronnades
(d) the chain pumps

14. What could Lydia not hope to survive in her present condition?
(a) an attack by pirates
(b) the storms of Cape Horn
(c) another seven months at sea
(d) another sea battle

15. Where does Lady Barbara take up residence aboard Lydia, displacing the person who resided there before?
(a) In 1st Lieutenant Bush's cabin
(b) in Captain Hornblower's cabin
(c) in surgeon, Laurie's cabin
(d) in Polwheal, Hornblower's steward's cabin

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Lydia could be beached for the carpenters to work on her bottom what had to be done?

2. Who died after having both legs smashed below the knees?

3. What did Hornblower compare the cockpit to?

4. When Lydia and Natividad steer a collision course, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly?

5. What did Hornblower order done when the crew became depressed and discouraged?

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