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

2. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?
(a) they analyze too much.
(b) they ask too many questions.
(c) they become engrossed in their own thoughts.
(d) they become easily bored.

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

4. What strange thing does Ahab do looking at the head of the captured whale?
(a) he speaks to it.
(b) he watches it all night long.
(c) he curses it.
(d) he drives a harpoon through it.

5. After the whale is captured, what is the next step?
(a) hauling it back to the ship.
(b) cutting off its head and tail.
(c) removing its skin.
(d) estimating its weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?

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

3. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?

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

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

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