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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. Charlotte received a letter from _____.

2. Who returns to help Una with the baby?

3. What is the profession of Una's neighbor?

4. Una uses the cupola room for which activity?

5. Una becomes close friends with ___ now that Mary is gone.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Susan? Why is she important to Una?

2. Chapter 134 presents letters to Una from Margaret Fuller. Who is Margaret Fuller? Where is she located?

3. What news does Una receive regarding a mishap at sea? What happens to Ahab?

4. What does Una decide to do when she learns that she is pregnant?

5. What is Una's reaction upon being married to Ahab?

6. What news does Una receive upon her return to Nantucket?

7. What great tragedies befall Una in chapter ninety-one? Who is on hand to help Una?

8. How do Una and Justice spend their time while Ahab is at sea? What is Justice's fear?

9. What suggestion does Mary Starbuck make to Una? What is Una's response? What is Una's next step?

10. Explain how the story reverts to the time before Justice's birth.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a short story from the point of Una regarding her first meeting with Ahab. How did the pair become friends and eventually lovers? Does the couple have anything in common at all? If so, what? How does Una adjust her life in regards to Ahab's work and long periods away at sea? How has the life of each character changed since they met?

Essay Topic 2

Una married twice during the course of the story. When it was learned that Judge Lord wanted to marry Una, she realized that she was content being unmarried. Later Una met Ishmael and the pair lived together and had a child. Discuss in detail Una's multiple and somewhat complicated relationships. Was it common for a person to go from one marriage to the next? What might have happened if Kit had returned from out West? Do you think Una would have taken him back? Do you think Kit and Charlotte got married? Why do you think Una and Ishmael never married?

Essay Topic 3

Write a short memoir that might have been written by Ahab. What types of things would Ahab be most proud of in his career and personal lives? Would the memoir include details of his relationship with Una or would it focus more on his life at sea? How might Ahab describe how he felt before, during and after each encounter with Moby Dick? What might Ahab's last thoughts be before the Pequod went down?

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