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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 odd behavior on the part of Ahab occurs over the apparatus used for determining latitude?
(a) Ahab dashes it against the deck of the ship.
(b) Ahab throws it overboard.
(c) Ahab uses it to throw at a whale.
(d) Ahab orders it taken to the top of the mast.

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

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 whale near Ahab is too far to reach the ship by nightfall.
(c) the whale is too large for one boat to haul.
(d) the ship cannot handle more than three whales at a time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Fedallah say about his own death?

4. What is the man called who stands on deck and holds the rope that secures Queequeg?

5. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?

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