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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to one naval architect, what might have helped the Essex withstand the whale's attack?
(a) If the boat was bigger.
(b) Nothing could have helped it.
(c) If the boat was new.
(d) If the boat was smaller.

2. How long is the huge whale that appears off the port bow in Chapter 5?
(a) Eighty- five feet long.
(b) Ninety- five feet long.
(c) Sixty -five feet long.
(d) Seventy- five feet long.

3. How many miles west of the Galapagos is the Essex on November 2, 1820?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Less than five hundred.
(c) Over two thousand.
(d) Over a thousand.

4. Compared to the other seventy Nantucket whale ships, how is the Essex considered?
(a) New, big, and lucky.
(b) Old, big, and lucky.
(c) Old, small, and lucky.
(d) New, small, and lucky.

5. What type of fish surround Chase's boat in Chapter 8?
(a) Flying fish.
(b) Piranha.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Sword fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do scholars speculate might have caused the whale to attack the Essex?

2. Which one of the following is not something that Chase does in order to guard the provisions?

3. How is the whale towed back to the ship after it is killed in Chapter 3?

4. How do the other men try to locate Pollard's boat after it disappears?

5. As described in Chapter 1, what does the sighting of a comet indicate?

(see the answer key)

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