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

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

3. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?
(a) Mojo.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Yojo.
(d) Sojo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?

2. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?

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

4. What happens to the boat Ishmael is in during the whale hunt?

5. How does Ishmael digress after the first whales are spotted?

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