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Billy Budd | Chapters 26-27 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. What are Billy’s last words?

2. What is the effect of these last words upon the crew?

3. What action is taken by the ship’s authorities when the murmur arises among the crew?

4. What is unusual about Billy’s execution?

5. What is the effect of the circling sea fowl upon the sailors?

6. Why do the sailors respond the way they do to authority?

7. What question does the purser later discuss with the surgeon?

8. How does the surgeon know Billy’s body ought to have exhibited a muscular spasm?

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