Billy Budd | Chapter 2 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. How is Billy received by his new crew mates aboard the Indomitable?

2. What is the mystery concerning Billy’s birth and origins?

3. How is Billy like Adam before the Fall?

4. What is Billy’s one blemish?

5. How do Melville’s references to Adam and the Serpent relate to the theme of conflict between Good and Evil?

6. What is the reaction of the “more intelligent gentlemen of the quarter-deck” to Billy’s good looks?

7. To what classical hero does Melville compare Billy Budd?

8. What...


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