Moby-Dick Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Moby-Dick Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 99 | Chapters 100-101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?
(a) Bildad's sister and part owner, she brings supplies.
(b) she brings Bibles and religious supplies.
(c) she supervises the storing of the supplies.
(d) Peleg's wife, she orders the food supplies.

2. What does Ishmael say the head of the sperm whale contains?
(a) hard bone used as a battering ram.
(b) a gigantic brain.
(c) the largest and the most pure quantity of sperm whale oil.
(d) soft tissue that contains no oil.

3. What is Ahab aware of while he stands on the deck of the Pequod?
(a) all eyes look to see lest he fall or hold onto anything to steady himself.
(b) all the crew thinks he has lost his mind.
(c) exactly where all the holes are made for his peg leg.
(d) all the crew are fearful of him.

4. How does Ishmael describe the possibility of mutiny on a whale ship?
(a) he tells the story of the Bounty.
(b) he tells the story of Steelkilt and Radney.
(c) he tells the story of the Nautilus.
(d) he tells the story of Sinbad and Ali.

5. What does Ishmael conclude about whales' olfactory and vocal systems?
(a) they cannot smell but they communicate with each other.
(b) they have a keen sense of smell for communication.
(c) they use smell to find food and sing to tell other whales.
(d) they can neither smell nor communicate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael introduce the story of Moby Dick?

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

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

4. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?

5. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?

(see the answer key)

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