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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John Claggart's responsibility on board the ship?
(a) To maintain order on the lower gun decks.
(b) To plan the day's work and assign tasks to the deck crew.
(c) To be responsible for the ship's cargo and crew.
(d) To handle the sails on the foremast.

2. Where does the first recorded mutiny of the British Navy occur?
(a) Nore.
(b) Spithead.
(c) Timor.
(d) Brighton.

3. Which mutiny is referred to as "the Great Mutiny"?
(a) Spithead.
(b) Nore.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Timor.

4. Which character does Squeak create lies about?
(a) Captain Vere.
(b) Billy.
(c) Lieutenant Ratcliffe.
(d) Claggart.

5. What often causes a mutiny?
(a) Unhappy sailors.
(b) Illness.
(c) A sudden gust of wind.
(d) Sailors who drink too much and fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns the officers in chapter 20?

2. What does Captain Vere tell the surgeon to call?

3. What does another sailor try to give Billy in chapter 14?

4. What one item changes the face of warfare?

5. In chapter two, how does Billy react to his new shipmates?

(see the answer key)

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