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

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

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

4. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?
(a) tell sea tales.
(b) sing and dance.
(c) gamble.
(d) play cards.

5. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?
(a) a defrocked priest.
(b) a savage from the islands.
(c) a prophet of the Neskyeuna Shakers.
(d) another man named Starbuck.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?

4. What odd behavior on the part of Ahab occurs over the apparatus used for determining latitude?

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

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