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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. Why does the Town-Ho's captain have to put the ship into port?
(a) It has sprung a leak.
(b) There has been a mutiny on board.
(c) Its crewmen are ill with scurvy.
(d) It has run out of supplies.

2. What sort of feet did the apple-tree table have?
(a) Brass fittings.
(b) Marble balls.
(c) Hooves like Satan.
(d) Carved mahogany.

3. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?
(a) Bartleby is calm, showing no emotion.
(b) Bartleby promises to improve.
(c) Bartleby is obviously emotionally upset.
(d) Bartleby is distressed.

4. What causes Captain Delano to suspect Benito Cereno is an impostor?
(a) His confusion.
(b) His ignorance of seamanship.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His weakness in command.

5. Why does John Gentian take "liberties with etiquette"?
(a) He is rude and thoughtless.
(b) He is concerned with larger issues.
(c) He is unlearned.
(d) He is straightforward and impulsive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What first alarms the narrator about the apple-tree table?

2. With what weapon does Radney threaten Steelkilt?

3. Of what does Claggart accuse Billy Budd?

4. How does the narrator of "The Two Temples" attend the meeting at the church?

5. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?

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