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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Brown?
(a) master's mate
(b) coxswain
(c) crewman
(d) botswain's mate

2. Who is the captain of Natividad?
(a) Crespo
(b) Cortez
(c) El Supremo
(d) Manuel Hernandez

3. How many casualties did Lydia suffer in the battle with Natividad?
(a) more than one third of her crew
(b) approximately one half of her crew
(c) 45 seamen
(d) approximately one-quarter of her crew

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Hankey, the surgeon who died before the novel opened?

2. With whom should Hornblower open communication to receive further orders as soon as it was convenient?

3. What does Hornblower see on his way to the palace?

4. What had long been a dream of the British government?

5. What was irksome to the Spanish officer after he had denied Lydia's dropping anchor on the Spanish Main?

(see the answer key)

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