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

2. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?
(a) with his sense of humor.
(b) by writing in a diary.
(c) by not thinking about it.
(d) with a great deal of tension.

3. 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 throws it overboard.
(c) Ahab uses it to throw at a whale.
(d) Ahab dashes it against the deck of the ship.

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

5. What is peculiar about the deck where Ahab walks?
(a) It has many dents made by Ahab's prosthesis.
(b) It is double decked.
(c) It is covered with sharkskin.
(d) It is slanted and easy to lose footing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What equipment left on board by Aunt Charity does Stubb throw overboard?

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

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

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

5. What is Queequeg's duty while the blubber is stripped from the back of the whale?

(see the answer key)

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