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

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

3. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?
(a) the whale looked like an ice berg.
(b) the ship was believed to be unsinkable.
(c) the ship was sunk on its maiden expedition.
(d) the ship struck an ice berg while chasing a whale.

4. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?
(a) whales completely surrounding the ship.
(b) Captain Ahab without his ivory peg leg.
(c) a hole in the bottom of each whale boat.
(d) five men they had not seen before.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?

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

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

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

5. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?

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