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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 purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?
(a) he adds comic relief to the story.
(b) he prophecies success for the Pequod.
(c) he explains how to get on board the Pequod.
(d) he prophecies disaster for the Pequod.

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

3. What does the captain of a German whaling ship want from the Pequod?
(a) coffee.
(b) lamp oil.
(c) sailcloth.
(d) directions.

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

5. What happens to the boat Ishmael is in during the whale hunt?
(a) it gets stuck on the back of a whale.
(b) the boat takes on water and sinks.
(c) the whale they harpoon takes a bite out of the boat.
(d) it capsizes and all are thrown into the water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Peleg and Bildad?

3. What do they find in the corpse of the blind and crippled whale?

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

5. What part of the whale is the most valuable to the whalers?

(see the answer key)

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