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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Captain Graveling want Billy to leave the ship?
(a) Billy often gets drunk when he goes on leave.
(b) He suspects Billy is plotting a mutiny.
(c) He suspects Billy goes AWOL.
(d) Billy is a natural peacemaker.

2. Which two characters begin to suspect Billy of wrongdoing?
(a) The armorer and the captain of the hold.
(b) The master-at-arms and the chief mate.
(c) The chief mate and the bosun.
(d) Captain Vere and the master-at-arms.

3. Which naval ship does Billy serve on?
(a) HMS Bellipotent.
(b) The Theseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) HMS Pinafore.

4. What excuse does Billy give for hitting Claggart?
(a) He is told to do so by the afterguardsman.
(b) He is bi-polar.
(c) He is unable to speak.
(d) Claggart threatens to kill him.

5. What does the chaplain give Billy in chapter 24?
(a) A cross.
(b) A kiss on the cheek.
(c) A bible.
(d) A medal of honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Billy's one weakness?

2. How does Admiral Nelson keep his sailors under control?

3. How do the other sailors react to Claggart in chapter 10?

4. What is a mutiny?

5. Why is Billy on the uppermost deck in chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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