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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. Una carried books of translations by which author?

3. What is used to try and toughen Ahab's bleeding stump?

4. Ahab has returned home after losing which body part?

5. Where is the cabin located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Una and Ahab change in this section? What does Ahab do to have Una for himself?

2. What happens to Ahab physically upon his return to Nantucket? How do Una and Ahab deal with the issue?

3. There is a dinner party at the judge's house. Why does the judge throw a party? What other event does the group attend?

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

5. What tragedy befalls Nantucket? How does it change things? What are some of the steps people take to rebuild?

6. Who is Elijah? What news does he deliver to Justice? What happens to Elijah?

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

8. Who is Maria Mitchell? What does she have in common with Una?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming a psychiatrist's point of view, analyze the situation with Kit. Discuss Kit's history and how it might affect possible psychiatric care. What would a psychiatrist say about Kit's mental breakdown? What might a doctor say about Kit's attachment to Giles? Was Kit suffering from dementia, mental illness or something else? What would the terminology be from a psychiatrist's point of view? What kind of treatment might Kit have benefited from before the situation got out of hand? Is the behavior something that can be "cured?" If so, how? If not, what else can be done?

Essay Topic 2

Naslund does not tell the story in chronological order, which may or may not confuse the issue regarding Una's relationship with Ahab and the birth of Justice. Discuss the purpose of this technique. Was Naslund intent on filling in the back story or was there another purpose to using this method? Was the technique effective? Explain. Rewrite one of the passages keeping the story in chronological order to make the story line clear.

Essay Topic 3

Naslund discusses the areas traveled by the various ships including the Sussex and the Pequod. Discuss the routes traveled by these ships as well as the common trade routes of the day. Examine the length of time it took the ships to travel the entire route and why some ships were gone years longer than others. Give a crew member's perspective and a captain's perspective on where a ship should travel and where the best opportunities lie for whaling. Compare those trade routes to ones commonly used today.

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