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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are sailors paid?
(a) According to how many whales they have killed and captured.
(b) According to how many whales they have killed.
(c) According to their time at sea for each trip.
(d) According to their rank.

2. How do Pollard and Chase react to the way the men take the Essex out to sea?
(a) They are embarrassed.
(b) They are proud.
(c) They are amused.
(d) They are angry.

3. As described in the Preface, in which ocean are the whales hunted?
(a) Indian.
(b) Atlantic.
(c) Arctic.
(d) Pacific.

4. According to the Preface, what is the primary reason for whale hunting?
(a) Food.
(b) Oil.
(c) Sport.
(d) Clothing.

5. What shape are the sails of the Essex?
(a) Square shaped.
(b) Circular.
(c) Triangular.
(d) Rectangular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before his first whale kill, how many large mammals did Nickerson kill on Nantucket?

2. How many whaleboats are loaded onto the Essex in Chapter 1?

3. Out of twenty men who witnessed the sinking of the Essex, how many total men survived?

4. When did English settlers begin arriving in Nantucket?

5. How far have the men rescued by the Dauphin been sailing at the end of the Preface?

(see the answer key)

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