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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does the average hunt for a sperm whale take?
(a) One to two years.
(b) One to two months.
(c) Two to three years.
(d) Six months to a year.

3. How many people live in Nantucket in 1819?
(a) Seven thousand people.
(b) Five thousand people.
(c) Six thousand people.
(d) Eight thousand people.

4. How far have the men rescued by the Dauphin been sailing at the end of the Preface?
(a) Forty- five hundred nautical miles.
(b) Twenty- five hundred nautical miles.
(c) Fifty- five hundred nautical miles.
(d) Thirty- five hundred nautical miles.

5. When did English settlers begin arriving in Nantucket?
(a) 1635.
(b) 1659.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1653.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles does it take the crew to set and trim the sails of the Essex?

2. What surprises Nickerson about Chase while they are on the sea?

3. How long are the shifts that each man serves on watching the decks during the evenings in Chapter 2?

4. On which country's coast is the Dauphin traveling when it spots the smaller boat?

5. What is Nickerson's response to the captain's approach in introducing himself to the crew?

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