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Billy Budd Quiz 1
1.
Herman Melville lived primarily in
eighteenth-century America
nineteenth-century America
nineteenth-century Britain
eighteenth-century Ireland
2.
Melville's novels
both are highly esteemed today and failed in his own lifetime
are deeply Christian
failed in his own lifetime
are highly esteemed today
3.
Melville's masterpiece,
Moby-Dick
was well-regarded in his own lifetime, but his fallen in esteem recently
was not published during Melville's lifetime
is often praised as the greatest novel in English
has been blasted by most feminist scholars
4.
Billy Budd
was first published
in the eighteenth century
in the nineteenth century
in the seventeenth century
in the twentieth century
5.
Billy Budd
was
both Melville's last novel and found unfinished after Melville's death
found unfinished after Melville's death
Melville's last novel
Melville's first novel
6.
Herman Melville worked as
poet laureate
a sailor
a doctor
an engineer
7.
Melville's son Malcolm
enjoyed dressing in women's clothing
committed suicide while still a teenager
killed Melville's wife
also became a great writer
8.
Billy Budd
is set in
the early eighteenth century
the late seventeenth century
the late eighteenth century
the late nineteenth century
9.
Melville opens with a discussion of
the nature of evil
whaling
the history of American merchant ships
the Handsome Sailor
10.
During the time of the story, the British Empire was menaced by
Ottoman expansion under Suleyman the Magnificent
Russian expansion under Catherine the Great
German expansion under Bismarck
French expansion under Napoleon
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