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

2. What do they find in the corpse of the blind and crippled whale?
(a) an unborn whale.
(b) a harpoon and cord and a stone lance.
(c) the remains of a man.
(d) timbers from a whaling boat.

3. Why does Ishmael linger on the Biblical story of Jonah?
(a) because some crewmen doubt the story.
(b) because he does not believe the Biblical account.
(c) because it explains a lot about whales.
(d) because he remembers sermons about Jonah.

4. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?
(a) the reason is unknown.
(b) some whales have more solid bones.
(c) the reason has to do with size.
(d) some whales take in more air.

5. What is the major problem while the whale is tied to the side of the ship?
(a) keeping the sharks away.
(b) changing the direction of the ship.
(c) keeping the ropes from breaking.
(d) balancing the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?

2. What strange thing does Ahab do looking at the head of the captured whale?

3. What does Stubb instruct Daggoo to do for him?

4. What does the captain of a German whaling ship want from the Pequod?

5. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?

(see the answer key)

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