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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Happy Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did every noontide show?
(a) the sun lower in the sky
(b) the flying fish skimming over the sea
(c) the crew sitting down together for a meal
(d) the wind filling the sails

2. What operation do Hornblower, Laurie and Lady Barbara have to perform on Williams?
(a) remove a splinter from his arm
(b) amputate his arm
(c) remove a splinter from his chest
(d) amputate his leg

3. Why does Hornblower have the Spanish officers from Natividad shackled below on Lydia?
(a) to keep them from fighting back
(b) to save them from being executed by El Supremo
(c) to hold them 'til their flogging
(d) to teach them the superiority of the English

4. What caused the Lydia to gain speed?
(a) the crew's eagerness to reach England
(b) the high seas
(c) the fair weather
(d) the westerly trade winds

5. What was coming down in the track of the sun to meet Lydia?
(a) the northern autumn
(b) the eastern spring
(c) the western spring
(d) the northern spring

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hornblower think he was selected for this mission?

2. What did Sir Saumarez say Hornblower could do?

3. Polwheal asks Lady Barbara if she would like beef or what for dinner?

4. What does Gerard lend Lady Barbara?

5. How was Hornblower enticed into a conversation?

(see the answer key)

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