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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is it in between whale sightings in Chapter 3?
(a) Several months.
(b) Several hours.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several weeks.

2. Whose idea is it to stop keeping track of the longitude in Chapter 7?
(a) Pollard.
(b) Joy.
(c) Chase.
(d) Nickerson.

3. What do scholars speculate might have caused the whale to attack the Essex?
(a) The yelling of the men while attempting to kill another whale.
(b) The boat's attack on other whales that are observed by the large whale.
(c) The clicking sound that Chase makes while repairing his boat.
(d) The whale is territorial and protecting its waters.

4. As described in Chapter 1, what does the sighting of a comet indicate?
(a) Something horrible is going to happen.
(b) There will be good weather for the next year.
(c) There will be good weather for the next month.
(d) Something unusual is going to happen.

5. What happens when Chase's boat attempts to approach a whale on November 16?
(a) The whale outruns the boat.
(b) The whale is wounded, but not killed.
(c) The whale emerges underneath the boat.
(d) The whale drags the boat for several miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the average hunt for a sperm whale take?

2. How many people live in Nantucket in 1819?

3. How experienced is Benjamin Lawrence in harpooning whales?

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

5. How far away from the first whale sighted do the men position themselves in the boats?

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