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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22 - Billy Budd.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's wife think of his apprehension about the apple-tree table?
(a) She thinks he is making it up.
(b) She thinks he is crazy.
(c) She thinks he is trying to frighten her.
(d) She thinks he is drunk.

2. How does Claggart interpret Billy Budd's spilling his soup?
(a) Ineptness.
(b) Billy Budd's malicious nature.
(c) Deliberate aggression against Claggart.
(d) Foolishness.

3. How does Captain Delano evaluate Babo when he first meets him?
(a) Captain Delano evalutes Babo as vaguely threatening.
(b) Captain Delano evaluates Babo as woefully ignorant.
(c) Captain Delano evalutes Babo as a devoted companion.
(d) Captain Delano evaluates Babo as uncomfortably familiar.

4. How was John Marr wounded?
(a) Fighting in the War of 1812.
(b) Whaling.
(c) Falling from a ship's rigging.
(d) Fighting with pirates.

5. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?
(a) The approval of his employees.
(b) Bartleby's friendship.
(c) The approval of his peers.
(d) Self-approval.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?

2. Why does the captain fear to shoot Steelkilt for his insubordination?

3. How does the lightning rod salesman feel about thunderstorms?

4. What does the narrator decide to give the apple-tree table when he first discovers it?

5. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

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