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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 early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?
(a) his time in the whaling boats.
(b) his experience in swabbing the deck.
(c) his work in the galley.
(d) his first experience serving watch.

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

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

4. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?
(a) complications.
(b) life.
(c) whaling.
(d) map making.

5. Why does Ishmael think Chapter 45 is the most important one in the book?
(a) because it describes Moby Dick in detail.
(b) because it describes behaviors of whales.
(c) because it deals with whale stories.
(d) because it discusses the pecularities of Ahab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second objection the Sag Harbor man has for the veracity of the story of Jonah?

2. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?

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

4. To what does Ishmael attribute the Sag Harbor man's disbelief in the story of Jonah?

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

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