Moby-Dick | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapters 1-2 | Chapters 3-4

1. What is the theme of MOBY DICK?

revenge.

2. What is Ishmael's profession before signing on the whaling ship?

schoolmaster.

3. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?

the Spouter Inn.

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

a shared room with a harpooner.

5. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?

selling a shrunken head.

6. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?

crawls under the bed.

Chapters 5-6 | Chapters 7-9

1. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?

silence.

2. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?

his harpoon.

3. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?

They do not know how to...
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