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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 116-118.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?
(a) play cards.
(b) tell sea tales.
(c) sing and dance.
(d) gamble.

2. What is Queequeg's duty while the blubber is stripped from the back of the whale?
(a) he carves the teeth from the whale.
(b) he takes the watch for more whales.
(c) he carries equipment to the other crew members.
(d) he descends to hold it secure.

3. What does Fedallah say about his own death?
(a) he will die of fright.
(b) he will die before Ahab.
(c) he will die of old age.
(d) he will die on land.

4. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?
(a) a prophet of the Neskyeuna Shakers.
(b) a savage from the islands.
(c) another man named Starbuck.
(d) a defrocked priest.

5. What foreshadows what is likely to happen to Ahab and Fedallah?
(a) a dream Ahab has while waiting out the night.
(b) a dream Fedallah has while on Ahab's boat.
(c) a story Fedallah tells while on Ahab's boat.
(d) a story Ahab remembers about Moby Dick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Starbuck's disagreement with Ahab's purpose for the trip?

2. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?

3. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?

4. What does Ahab question the men about?

5. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?

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