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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Ishmael attribute the Sag Harbor man's disbelief in the story of Jonah?
(a) his personal experience inside a whale.
(b) his custom of arguing with everyone.
(c) his listening to too many doubters.
(d) his minute education and inability to reason.

2. What equipment left on board by Aunt Charity does Stubb throw overboard?
(a) a caddy for ginger water.
(b) a teapot.
(c) a still for making rum.
(d) a barrel of lemonade.

3. Why does Ishmael linger on the Biblical story of Jonah?
(a) because it explains a lot about whales.
(b) because he does not believe the Biblical account.
(c) because he remembers sermons about Jonah.
(d) because some crewmen doubt the story.

4. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?
(a) map making.
(b) whaling.
(c) complications.
(d) life.

5. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?
(a) they analyze too much.
(b) they become engrossed in their own thoughts.
(c) they become easily bored.
(d) they ask too many questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?

2. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?

3. What happens to the mast of the Pequod during a typhoon?

4. What is the speculation about Ahab's knowledge of the stowaways?

5. What happens to the two men who turn on Steelkilt and come out of the locked scuttle?

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