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Beat to Quarters Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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 does El Supremo plan to do?
(a) capture treasure ships
(b) visit England
(c) sail with an army to capture the capital of Nicaragua
(d) capture Lydia

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

3. How many guns does Natividad have on board?
(a) 50
(b) 36
(c) 40
(d) 46

4. Who was Galbraith?
(a) helmsman
(b) 3rd Lieutenant originally from Scotland
(c) coxswain, originally from Ireland
(d) steward, originally from Wales

5. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?
(a) dead and near-dead men shackled in the sun
(b) a herd of wild boar
(c) a native wedding procession
(d) strange exotic foliage

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hornblower do when he didn't know how to respond to something someone said?

2. Who is Brown?

3. What did Hornblower do upon sighting land?

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

5. When does the prosperous period of Hornblower's voyage conclude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What was weighing heavily on Captain Hornblower's mind after 7 months at sea?

10. 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?

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