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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. When does the prosperous period of Hornblower's voyage conclude?
(a) when Hornblower gives up his commission
(b) when Hornblower admits defieat
(c) when Hornblower hands over Natividad to El Supremo
(d) when Hornblower lands in Peru

2. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?
(a) El Supremo
(b) Hernando Alvarez
(c) Manuel Hernandez
(d) Jesus de Natividad

3. How did the British Admiralty want to use the Spanish possessions?
(a) to establish British settlements
(b) for British commerce and trade
(c) to moor their ships in the harbors
(d) to use them to send British convicts there for imprisonment

4. In the restocking of Lydia, what did Hernandez provide instead of flour?
(a) plantains
(b) hominy grits
(c) ground maize
(d) bread

5. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the coast of Ecuador
(b) on the Gulf of Sequia
(c) on the coast of Nicaragua
(d) on the Gulf of Fonseca

Short Answer Questions

1. What does El Supremo want the two ships to do after Natividad is captured?

2. What did the burgoo the captain ate for breakfast consist of?

3. What does El Supremo plan to do?

4. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the incident which took place in the village near where Lydia was anchored?

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

5. Describe Alvarado whom Hornblower was ordered to help in a rebellion against Spain?

6. Describe Lydia, the ship Hornblower was a captain of.

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

8. How did Horatio Hornblower prove himself a good captain during the section "The Prosperous Voyage"?

9. What are some of the insults Hornblower disregards in order to accomplish his goals?

10. Which supplies was Lydia out of or low on after seven months at sea?

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