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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 does Queequeg use to reach his food?
(a) his harpoon.
(b) a small lasso.
(c) his long arms.
(d) a long stick.

2. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?
(a) He explains why they are socially low.
(b) He defends their crude manners.
(c) He uses history to honor whalers.
(d) He agrees that whalers are low caste.

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

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

5. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?
(a) fish and chips.
(b) ham and gravy.
(c) bacon and eggs.
(d) clam and cod chowder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Peleg and Bildad?

3. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?

4. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?

5. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

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