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

2. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?
(a) He has lost his appetite.
(b) He cannot sleep at night.
(c) His hair has turned white.
(d) He finds no pleasure in life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?

3. What does Ahab question the men about?

4. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?

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

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