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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 foreshadows what is likely to happen to Ahab and Fedallah?
(a) a story Fedallah tells while on Ahab's boat.
(b) a dream Ahab has while waiting out the night.
(c) a story Ahab remembers about Moby Dick.
(d) a dream Fedallah has while on Ahab's boat.

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

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

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

5. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?
(a) an iron harpoon.
(b) hemp.
(c) fire.
(d) oil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ahab question the men about?

3. What is Starbuck's disagreement with Ahab's purpose for the trip?

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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