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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?

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

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

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

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