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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 81-82 | Chapter 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stubb instruct Daggoo to do for him?
(a) cut out a tooth from the whale.
(b) take over securing the whale to the ship.
(c) cut a steak from the tail of the whale.
(d) carve his name on the whale's back.

2. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?
(a) a folio whale.
(b) a Greenland whale.
(c) a duodecimo whale.
(d) an octavo whale.

3. What does the captain of a German whaling ship want from the Pequod?
(a) directions.
(b) lamp oil.
(c) sailcloth.
(d) coffee.

4. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?
(a) the Devil-dam.
(b) the Pequod.
(c) the Titanic.
(d) the Tit-bit.

5. Who are Peleg and Bildad?
(a) builders of the Pequod.
(b) part owners of the Pequod.
(c) crewmen on the Pequod.
(d) outfitters of the Pequod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major problem while the whale is tied to the side of the ship?

2. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?

3. To what does Ishmael attribute the hieroglyphic-like markings on the whale skin?

4. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?

5. How does Ishmael digress after the first whales are spotted?

(see the answer key)

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