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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many men are in the small boat when it is first mentioned in the preface?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

3. Out of twenty men who witnessed the sinking of the Essex, how many total men survived?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

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

5. Which of the following is not included in the list of troubles that the bad weather causes for the Essex in Chapter 4?
(a) It is difficult to lower the whale boats.
(b) It is difficult to raise the whale boats.
(c) There is no stability when cutting up the whale blubber.
(d) Loss of direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows a sperm whale the ability to survive a head on collision with a boat?

2. In 1810, how many women over the age of twenty- three are widowed?

3. How old is Captain George Pollard, Jr. when he boards the Essex in Chapter 2?

4. What time does Chase order the men to prepare the ship for whaling in Chapter 2?

5. How many whale boats does the crew of the Essex lose after the first encounter with two whales in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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