E3H Billy Budd, Chapters 11-17 Quiz Question Preview (ID: 58161)

a) “ Two minor officers...these men now for the first began to cast upon Billy . . . . ”

b) “As to Claggart, the monomania in the man...was eating its way deeper and deeper in him.”

c) “But after the little matter at the mess Billy Budd no more found himself in strange trouble at times...”

d) “But this was an evanescence, and quickly repented of, as it were, by an immitigable look...”

a) Though Claggart’s obsession with Billy has remained hidden, it is strengthening, not weakening.

b) Billy has finally come to believe that the master-at-arms has feelings of ill-will towards him.

c) Though Billy knows that Claggart is planning to have the afterguardsman throw him overboard, Billy isn’t afraid.

d) Claggart’s innate hatred towards Billy has completely transformed into sadness and melancholy.

a) “Upon hearing Billy’s version, the sage Dansker seemed to divine more than he was told... ‘Didn’t I say so, Baby Budd?’ ”

b) “...The fellow...had perceived Billy first, and nodded a familiar sort of friendly recognition as to an old acquaintance...”

c) “Long experience had very likely brought this old man to that bitter prudence which never interferes...never gives advice.”

d) “Why, Jemmy Legs is down on you.” “And what,” rejoined Billy..., “has Jemmy Legs to do with that cracked afterguard?”

a) Claggart is hiding out of view and listening to the conversation between Billy and the Dansker.

b) Billy thinks Dansker is manipulating him by making up a story that Claggart has masterminded the afterguardsman’s meeting.

c) The Dansker thinks Claggart is the mastermind behind the afterguardsman’s meeting with Billy.

d) The afterguardsman and Claggart are being framed by the Dansker.

a) Billy plans to run far away from the ship at the first opportunity.

b) Billy is as strong and handsome as a young horse.

c) Billy tries to expel the brief exposure to evil out of his innocent nature.

d) Billy will buck and trample anyone who approaches him with sinister plans.

a) Envy is a greater evil than committing a felony.

b) Although Billy is envious of Claggart, he has yet to act out against him.

c) Although people commonly admit to horrific crimes, they don’t admit to envy.

d) Horrific crimes are usually committed out of envy.

a) Claggart has a conscience, just as Claggart has a forehead

b) throwing food at a sailor, or even in the path of one, is one of the most disrespectful things one sailor can do to another

c) Claggart has used his faulty interpretation of the soup-spilling incident to justify his animosity towards Billy

d) complimenting the master-at-arms’ intelligence/good conscience is the only way Billy can get back on his good side

a) He is naturally evil.

b) He is going to try to kill Billy.

c) He is going to attempt to frame Billy.

d) He is an inspiring leader.

a) unspoken

b) truthfulness

c) hesitation

d) none of these

a) The Dansker mysteriously refers to the incident with the afterguardsman as a “cat’s paw.”

b) Other men loyal to Claggart begin to exchange peculiar glances with Billy.

c) The afterguardsman whispers to Billy that they are not the only impressed sailors on the ship.

d) The narrator explains how Claggart has a unique disdain for Billy’s innocence.