Moby-Dick Test | Final Test - Hard

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Moby-Dick Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fedallah's dream depict about hearses?

2. What is the news from The Rachel as it nears the Pequod?

3. What does Ahab discover the next morning after the storm?

4. When Pip is finally rescued after jumping the second time from the boat, what is his condition?

5. What is the second objection the Sag Harbor man has for the veracity of the story of Jonah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain two instances that Starbuck interprets as signs that God does not support Ahab's revenge on Moby Dick.

2. What is the evidence that there is still a vestige of humanity left in Ahab?

3. Why does Ahab change his attitude toward the leaking casks of whale oil?

4. What further insult does Ahab act out after meeting the Delight?

5. What is the ominous message from the whaling ship Delight?

6. Relate the sad story of Pip.

7. Why does the encounter with the Bachelor irritate Ahab?

8. What is foreshadowed by a dream on Ahab's whaling boat?

9. Describe the madness of Ahab that loses his humanity.

10. Explain how Stubb uses his sense of humor to trick a French whaling ship into leaving a dead whale.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on people who take dangerous occupations. In Melville's day, perhaps whaling the most dangerous occupation in the world. Compare that to some dangerous occupations today. Conclude with whether you would ever undertake a really dangerous job.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on understanding other cultures. Begin with Ishmael's initial fear of Queequeg. Note how Queequeg did not seem so strange after Ishmael sees many other ethnic people on the streets of New Bedford. Discuss how Queequeg begins to see Ishmael as his brother. Finish with how religious prejudice like Bildad's tends to resist inter-cultural understanding.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Melville as a novelist. Mention the parts of Moby Dick that you found the most interesting. Discuss also some of the drier parts of the novel that tend to interrupt the flow of the story. Give your opinion about his use of language to paint a picture of life on a whaling ship.

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