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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Starbuck's disagreement with Ahab's purpose for the trip?
(a) the missed opportunities to capture other whales.
(b) the need to get oil and return to Nantucket quickly.
(c) the futility of vengeance against a whale.
(d) the moral correctness of finding the white whale.

3. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?
(a) His hair has turned white.
(b) He cannot sleep at night.
(c) He finds no pleasure in life.
(d) He has lost his appetite.

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

5. What is the man called who stands on deck and holds the rope that secures Queequeg?
(a) the door post.
(b) the monkey.
(c) the cowboy.
(d) the anchor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the captain of a whale ship the Pequod meets at sea not want to board the Pequod?

2. What foreshadows what is likely to happen to Ahab and Fedallah?

3. What does Ahab question the men about?

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

5. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?

(see the answer key)

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