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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What card game did Hornblower like to play?
(a) bridge
(b) poker
(c) whist
(d) canasta

2. What did the flag that Natividad now flew look like?
(a) blue with a yellow star in the middle
(b) black with a red star in the middle
(c) yellow with a blue star in the middle
(d) green with a yellow star in the middle

3. When Lydia and Natividad steer a collision course, what does Hornblower do unexpectedly?
(a) raises a white flag of truce
(b) calls his officers together to confer on what's best to do
(c) veers to leeward, yielding the weather gauge
(d) retreats to a safe distance away to plan his next move

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

5. What is the gaffe Lady Barbara makes which eases Hornblower's mind about her knowledge of ships and her intelligence?
(a) Lady Barbara refers to the deck of her cabin as the "floor".
(b) Lady Barbara doesn't know what a coxswain is.
(c) Lady Barbara doesn't know what a foremast is.
(d) Lady Barbara doesn't know what "Beat to Quarters" means

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hornblower ordered to do by the Spanish emmissaries?

2. How many casualties did Lydia suffer in the battle with Natividad?

3. Which of the crew likes to rap the seamen with his rattan cane?

4. The novel takes place during what war?

5. What is the fate of Natividad?

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