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

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

3. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?
(a) They are carrying large carpetbags.
(b) They do not know how to dress.
(c) They look dazed.
(d) They have on new Macintoshes.

4. What is the speculation about the noise coming from the after hold?
(a) There is live bait in the hold.
(b) There are stowaways on board.
(c) There are ghosts on the Pequod.
(d) Moby Dick is sniffing out Captain Ahab.

5. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?
(a) a lumbering fish with a verticle tail.
(b) an elongated fish with big eyes.
(c) a spouting fish with a horizontal tail.
(d) an elephant of the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elijah challenge Ishmael to find the men he saw heading for the Pequod?

2. What do Peleg and Bildad do once the Pequod is in the Atlantic Ocean?

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

4. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?

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

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