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Billy Budd | Chapters 12-14 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. Why does Melville suggest that clerics would be good experts in a court of law?

2. According to Melville, how are envy and antipathy related?

3. What quality of Billy’s has served to move Claggart against him?

4. How is Claggart’s envy different from the envy of Saul for David?

5. How is Claggart like the scorpion?

6. What is the reason for Claggart’s reaction to the spilled soup?

7. Why does Squeak make up charges against Billy?

8. Why doesn’t Claggart check on Squeak’s reports?

9. How does...


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