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

2. 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 futility of vengeance against a whale.
(c) the missed opportunities to capture other whales.
(d) the moral correctness of finding the white whale.

3. What is Queequeg's duty while the blubber is stripped from the back of the whale?
(a) he takes the watch for more whales.
(b) he descends to hold it secure.
(c) he carries equipment to the other crew members.
(d) he carves the teeth from the whale.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?

2. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?

3. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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