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

2. 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 never leaves his own ship.
(d) he is jealous of the Pequod's catch.

3. What equipment left on board by Aunt Charity does Stubb throw overboard?
(a) a teapot.
(b) a barrel of lemonade.
(c) a still for making rum.
(d) a caddy for ginger water.

4. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?
(a) to have him check the Pequod's charts.
(b) to give him medical supplies.
(c) to get news of Moby Dick.
(d) to have dinner with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ahab question the men about?

3. Why does Ahab's boat stay in the ocean and not return after they catch four whales?

4. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?

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

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