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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which harpooner is chosen by Starbuck?
(a) Queequeg.
(b) Tashtego.
(c) Daggoo.
(d) Ishmael.

2. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?
(a) selling a shrunken head.
(b) shaving with his harpoon.
(c) smoking his pipe.
(d) sharpening his hatchet.

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

4. What characteristics does Ishmael assign to Starbuck, the chief mate?
(a) impetuousness and anger.
(b) common sense and intelligence.
(c) ignorance and brashness.
(d) elegance and sophistication.

5. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?
(a) ham and gravy.
(b) clam and cod chowder.
(c) bacon and eggs.
(d) fish and chips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of whale are the men of the Pequod looking for?

2. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?

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

4. What is Ishmael's religious affiliation?

5. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the startling thing that Ishmael learns about his friend, Queequeg.

2. What behavior of whales works to the advantage of whaling ships looking for them?

3. Describe the behavior of the mates dining in the captain's cabin as they torment the cook who serves their meal.

4. What potential serious problem does Ahab ignore in order to talk to the captain of another whaling ship?

5. Describe the appropriate text Father Maple uses in his sermon to the whalers in New Bedford.

6. Detail the problems of holding a whale overnight tied to the side of the ship.

7. What is the surprise the men of the Pequod get when they spot their first whale and begin to lower the boats?

8. Explain the function of the "monkey" on board a whaling ship.

9. Describe the curious rumor about other fish and Moby Dick.

10. Describe how Ishmael becomes uneasy about Captain Ahab.

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