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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 difficulty does Hornblower encounter after his visit with the Viceroy and his return to Lydia?
(a) His men became drunk during his absence
(b) He finds out Hebe, Lady Barbara's maid, is a prostitute
(c) Lady Barbara hung her underwear on deck to dry
(d) The anchor is heavily fouled.

2. What is secured on the deck of Lydia after the sea battle with Natividad?
(a) the mizzenmast
(b) the foremast
(c) the ship's wheel
(d) a loose cannon

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

4. What shocked Hornblower about the way the Spaniards treated El Supremo?
(a) that they didn't feed him
(b) they were going to hang him without his being able to make make peace with God
(c) that they spat on him
(d) that they laughed at him and he became their chief source of entertainment

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What had Hornblower remembered to do for his crew before sending them into action?

3. What other communique was handed to Hornblower by the Spaniards who boarded Lydia?

4. Describe Lady Barbara.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does El Supremo hope to do with Natividad?

2. Who accompanies Lady Barbara?

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

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

5. What is Hornblower's reaction at seeing El Supremo in chains on the Spanish lugger?

6. Why does Hornblower allow Lady Barbara to seek passage on Lydia, though he dislikes her and feels Lydia is no place for a woman?

7. What problem does Lydia have as it weighs anchor after Hornblower's visit with the Viceroy at Panama?

8. 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?

9. Describe what Lady Barbara does in the cockpit.

10. After a fierce sea battle , both ships severely damaged, what does Hornblower do?

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