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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 compare the cockpit to?
(a) the inside of a dark cave
(b) some canto in the Inferno
(c) his sickroom as a child
(d) an orderly hospital room

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

3. What does Lydia sight after a few days ?
(a) prize ships to capture
(b) a Spanish ship flying a flag of truce
(c) Natividad once more
(d) an island

4. Although Hornblower is reluctant to take Lady Barbara aboard Lydia, and instantly dislikes her, why does he agree to let her seek passage home aboard his ship?
(a) He fears insulting a British aristocrat would end his career
(b) He has pity on her because of the plague in Panama
(c) He thinks the ship needs a woman's touch
(d) He is attracted to her physically though he dislikes her

5. What was the chief fear Hornblower had going into battle?
(a) dying
(b) mutilation
(c) never being able to return home
(d) losing the respect of his officers

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lady Barbara say they needed in the cockpit?

2. What could Lydia not hope to survive in her present condition?

3. How long ago had Hornblower filled his storerooms and water barrels?

4. How is Lydia damaged during the fierce sea battle with Natividad?

5. After sailing the coast, Lydia encounters rough weather and __________________. what does she do?

Short Essay Questions

1. After having left Natividad in the hands of El Supremo's crew and proceeding toward the pearl islands what surprise was in store for Hornblower?

2. What did Hornblower have to confess to the Spaniards?

3. Describe the condition of the crew of Lydia after the sea battle with Natividad?

4. Upon sighting Natividad, both ships shortening sail due to foul weather, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly when the two shipd are on a collision course?

5. Describe what Lady Barbara does in the cockpit.

6. After being refused safe harbor at Panama, what does Hornblower do?

7. What is Hornblower instructed to do by the Spanish officers who boarded Lydia?

8. What is Hornblower decked out in when he goes ashore at Panama?

9. What is Hornblower forced to due in order to close in on Natividad when there is no wind for the sails?

10. What is Lady Barbara wearing when she boards Lydia?

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