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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-42 | Chapters 43-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What habit of whales do the whaling ships use to find their prey?
(a) the way they follow certain routes to new feeding areas.
(b) they way they always go to the same place to spawn.
(c) the way they head south in the winter.
(d) the way they spout when finding schools of fish.

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

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

4. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?
(a) Starbuck.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Bildad.
(d) Peleg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?

2. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?

3. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?

4. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?

5. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?

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