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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Prosperous Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The novel takes place during what war?
(a) the War of 1812
(b) Napoleonic War between France and England
(c) the French Revolution
(d) the Seven Years' War

2. Where exactly in South America was Hornblower expected to open trade for England?
(a) across the Isthmus of Darien
(b) in Ecuador
(c) in the whole west coast of South America
(d) in Peru

3. What did Hornblower deplore about his body?
(a) his big feet
(b) his pot belly
(c) his large nose
(d) his thin legs

4. Hornblower is ordered to go to the palace of whom?
(a) Hernando Alvarez
(b) Jesus de Natividad
(c) El Supremo
(d) Manuel Hernandez

5. What did Hornblower feel bred mutiny?
(a) a long period of rough seas
(b) long, idle days
(c) boredom
(d) lack of food

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?

2. What was the only land Hornblower had had a glimpse of during the seven-month voyage?

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

4. What does El Supremo plan to do?

5. What did Crespo do that shocked the Spanish sailing master and his mates?

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