View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-33 | Chapters 34-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ishmael's profession before signing on the whaling ship?
(a) bank clerk.
(b) schoolmaster.
(c) newspaper reporter.
(d) merchant marine.

3. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?
(a) offering to work for less pay.
(b) demonstrating his skill with the harpoon.
(c) agreeing to convert to Christianity.
(d) giving the owners shrunken heads.

4. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?
(a) a duodecimo whale.
(b) a folio whale.
(c) an octavo whale.
(d) a Greenland whale.

5. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?
(a) Mojo.
(b) Sojo.
(c) Yojo.
(d) Jojo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael decide to do about Queequeg?

2. What does Ishmael say is the saddest thing about any man, no matter how bad he is?

3. What characteristics does Ishmael assign to Starbuck, the chief mate?

4. Why does Elijah challenge Ishmael to find the men he saw heading for the Pequod?

5. What accommodation is available for Ishmael at the inn in New Bedford?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample