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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 does the dream predict can kill Ahab?
(a) an iron harpoon.
(b) fire.
(c) hemp.
(d) oil.

2. What odd behavior on the part of Ahab occurs over the apparatus used for determining latitude?
(a) Ahab orders it taken to the top of the mast.
(b) Ahab dashes it against the deck of the ship.
(c) Ahab throws it overboard.
(d) Ahab uses it to throw at a whale.

3. Why does Ahab's boat stay in the ocean and not return after they catch four whales?
(a) the ship cannot handle more than three whales at a time.
(b) the whale near Ahab is too far to reach the ship by nightfall.
(c) the whale is too large for one boat to haul.
(d) Ahab is too tired to return that evening.

4. What does Ahab question the men about?
(a) their procedure when they spot a whale.
(b) their willingness to sail for three years.
(c) their experience in whaling.
(d) their families back home.

5. Why does the captain of a whale ship the Pequod meets at sea not want to board the Pequod?
(a) he does not like Ahab.
(b) his crew is ill.
(c) he is jealous of the Pequod's catch.
(d) he never leaves his own ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is peculiar about the deck where Ahab walks?

4. What does Fedallah say about his own death?

5. What does Fedallah's dream depict about hearses?

(see the answer key)

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