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In chapters 3-5, the narrator departs from Billy’s narrative to discuss what historical event?

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According to the narrator, what type of behavior is not truly in the nature of British sailors?

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What historical figure does the narrator hail as the last hero of a more poetic age?

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According to the narrator, what made Horatio Nelson such an easy target for the sharpshooters who killed him at Trafalgar?

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In the narrator’s historical account, what did the mutineers demand that the navy could not afford?

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