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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 cowboy.
(b) the door post.
(c) the anchor.
(d) the monkey.

2. What does Fedallah's dream depict about hearses?
(a) Ahab will see one not made with human hands.
(b) Ahab will ride in a wooden hearse.
(c) Ahab will never ride in a hearse.
(d) Ahab will be saved by a hearse.

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

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 get news of Moby Dick.
(c) to give him medical supplies.
(d) to have dinner with him.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?

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

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

4. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?

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

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