The Grammardog Guide to Billy Buddcontains 16 analytical multiple choice quizzes with a total of over 250 questions. These multiple choice questions based on text sentences from the sea tale by Herman Melville are excellent teaching tools, providing the basis for thoughtful, engaging activities for your students.
Figurative language compares the innocent Billy Budd to birds (goldfinch, migratory bird) and a young horse fresh from the farm. Biblical allusions support the theme of difficult moral decisions (Adam, the serpent and the apple of knowledge, Abraham and Isaac, Jonah, Saul and David, and Joseph).
