View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) Balam and the ass.
(b) the creation of sea creatures.
(c) Jonah and the whale.
(d) preparing for death.

3. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?
(a) standing on the deck.
(b) bringing up the rear.
(c) in his cabin.
(d) still at home in his bedroom.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

3. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?

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

5. What does Ishmael think is more remarkable than the whale's size and color?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 278 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample