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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) carve his name on the whale's back.
(c) take over securing the whale to the ship.
(d) cut a steak from the tail of the whale.

2. What type of whale are the men of the Pequod looking for?
(a) the albino whale.
(b) the octavo whale.
(c) the duodecimo whale.
(d) the sperm whale.

3. To what does Ishmael attribute the Sag Harbor man's disbelief in the story of Jonah?
(a) his custom of arguing with everyone.
(b) his minute education and inability to reason.
(c) his listening to too many doubters.
(d) his personal experience inside a whale.

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

5. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?
(a) fish and chips.
(b) clam and cod chowder.
(c) bacon and eggs.
(d) ham and gravy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?

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

3. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?

4. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

5. Why does Ishmael think Chapter 45 is the most important one in the book?

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