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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. Who is Brown?
(a) master's mate
(b) coxswain
(c) crewman
(d) botswain's mate
2. How fast does Lydia travel in light airs?
(a) 4 knots
(b) 6 knots
(c) 2 knots
(d) 3 knots
3. Who is Gerard?
(a) steward
(b) the ship's surgeon
(c) 2nd lieutenant
(d) warrant officer
4. Where does Hornblower conclude Lydia has made perfect landfall?
(a) on the Gulf of Fonseca
(b) on the coast of Ecuador
(c) on the Gulf of Sequia
(d) on the coast of Nicaragua
5. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?
(a) He ordered the Spanish sailing master to be flogged.
(b) He spat on the deck.
(c) He acted in such a way to make it appear he was a homosexual.
(d) He tossed the image of the Virgin and Child overboard.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Galbraith?
2. How many decks did the Spanish ship Natividad have?
3. When does the prosperous period of Hornblower's voyage conclude?
4. How is Lydia successful in taking Natividad?
5. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the incident which took place in the village near where Lydia was anchored?
3. What appears on the beach the morning after Hornblower's visit to El Supremo's palace?
4. Describe the actual battle that ensues after Lydia takes Navtividad by surprise?
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 was Captain Hornblower ordered to do by the British admiralty?
8. What is the stragegy that El Supremo lays out to Hornblower about conquest?
9. Which supplies was Lydia out of or low on after seven months at sea?
10. What does Hornblower do with the captured officers and crew of Natividad?
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