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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-21 | Chapters 22-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?
(a) the Whale Bone Inn.
(b) the Humpback Inn.
(c) the Spouter Inn.
(d) the Peter Coffin Inn.

2. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?
(a) on a hay cart.
(b) on their backs.
(c) in a wheelbarrow.
(d) in a taxi.

3. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?
(a) crawls under the bed.
(b) sits on the floor.
(c) turns around three times.
(d) jumps up on top of the bed.

4. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) the creation of sea creatures.
(b) Jonah and the whale.
(c) preparing for death.
(d) Balam and the ass.

5. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?
(a) the Titanic.
(b) the Tit-bit.
(c) the Devil-dam.
(d) the Pequod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?

2. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?

3. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?

4. What is Queequeg's amusing story about the ship captain attending a wedding in his father's court?

5. What do the plaques in the whaler's chapel remind Ishmael of?

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