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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 lied
(d) He cleared his throat with a "Ha-----h'm"

2. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?
(a) called the crew to the quarterdeck to celebrate with rum
(b) ordered a beat to quarters
(c) wrote a letter to the admiralty
(d) dressed in his best finery

3. What is a chief characteristic of Hornblower?
(a) arrogance
(b) self-effacement
(c) timidity
(d) grandiosity

4. With what country had Spain recently sided against England?
(a) Holland
(b) Germany
(c) Belgium
(d) France

5. Who comes aboard Lydia in a small craft to speak with Hornblower?
(a) El Suprempo
(b) Manuel Hernandez
(c) Hernandez Lopez
(d) Don Juan

Short Answer Questions

1. What had long been a dream of the British government?

2. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

3. How many British casualties are there during the capturing of Natividad?

4. What does Hornblower do when the Natividad is first sighted?

5. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the actual battle that ensues after Lydia takes Navtividad by surprise?

2. What is the strategy Hornblower devises to capture Natividad, though it is larger and has more guns than the Lydia has?

3. Why do you think it was a wise decision of Hornblower not to get familiar with his lieutenants and to remain aloof and close-mouthed?

4. What is the stragegy that El Supremo lays out to Hornblower about conquest?

5. What does Hornblower see on his way to El Supremo's palace?

6. Name three of the officers of H.M.S. Lydia and their ranks.

7. What does Hornblower do with the captured officers and crew of Natividad?

8. What was Captain Hornblower ordered to do by the British admiralty?

9. Hornblower is not close to any of the crew under him and neither is El Supremo close to his men. What are some of the differences between Hornblower's relationship with his men and the behavior El Supremo exhbits toward his men?

10. What does El Supremo demand upon boarding Natividad and why is it meaningless?

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