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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Billy's position on the ship?
(a) Foretopman.
(b) Boatswain.
(c) Chief Mate.
(d) Master-at-arms.

2. Who is Red Whiskers?
(a) The Captain of the HMS Bellipotent.
(b) The ship's cat.
(c) Billy's big, shaggy red-haired friend.
(d) The Captain of the Rights-of-Man

3. Why do personalities seem clash more aboard a ship?
(a) Sailors are usually tempremental in nature.
(b) Sailors live in close quarters for long periods of time.
(c) Weeks of seasickness makes the crew irritable.
(d) The stress of working for a harsh captain makes the crew irate.

4. What is Billy and Claggart's relationship like before they sail together on the Bellipotent?
(a) The do not know each other before sailing on the Bellepotent.
(b) They are friends until Billy falls in love with Claggart's sister.
(c) They are bitter enemies since childhood.
(d) They are close friends in childhood, but later drift apart.

5. What is a mutiny?
(a) A trial held at sea by the capain and three officers.
(b) A traditional sailor's dance.
(c) A legal election process in which the captain of a vessel is replaced.
(d) When subordinate sailors attempt to illegally sieze control of a ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Billy's responsibility on board the ship?

2. Who commands the Bellipotent in chapter six?

3. How does John Claggart earn his promotions?

4. Who is Billy's father?

5. Why doesn't Captain Graveling want Billy to leave the ship?

(see the answer key)

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