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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 spout when finding schools of fish.
(b) the way they head south in the winter.
(c) the way they follow certain routes to new feeding areas.
(d) they way they always go to the same place to spawn.

2. What is the speculation about Ahab's knowledge of the stowaways?
(a) that he knows why they are there.
(b) that he is playing a game with them.
(c) that he will have them thrown overboard.
(d) that he is aware of them.

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

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

5. What type of whale are the men of the Pequod looking for?
(a) the duodecimo whale.
(b) the albino whale.
(c) the sperm whale.
(d) the octavo whale.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

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

5. What is the rumor about other fish when they encounter the white whale?

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