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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 is the strange ship low on provisions?
(a) They have been becalmed.
(b) They have been under supplied.
(c) They have been lost.
(d) They have taken on additional passengers.

2. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?
(a) He has supernatural powers.
(b) He is unusually large, white, and vengeful.
(c) He is unusually small, white, and intelligent.
(d) He is intelligent and communicates with people.

3. What caused the loss of Jimmy Rose's fortune?
(a) Duplicitous dealings.
(b) His overly generous dealings.
(c) The stock market crash.
(d) Shipwrecks.

4. What does Billy Budd say about his family?
(a) His mother was a duchess.
(b) He was orphaned as a child.
(c) His father was a nobleman.
(d) He was a foundling.

5. What mythical character does the narrator say would have failed at his task if the chimney had then been in existence?
(a) Icharus.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Hercules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?

2. What sentence was chalked below the figurehead?

3. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?

4. What does the old mast-man call Claggart behind his back?

5. Who is the worst enemy of the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?"

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