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

2. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?
(a) his own experience with whales while he was at sea.
(b) stories printed in British and American newspapers.
(c) other ships that have had bad encounters with whales.
(d) interviews with survivors of whale attacks.

3. What part of the whale is the most valuable to the whalers?
(a) the blubber.
(b) the head and tail.
(c) the skin.
(d) the ivory teeth and bones.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ishmael linger on the Biblical story of Jonah?

2. To what does Ishmael attribute the hieroglyphic-like markings on the whale skin?

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

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

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

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