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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rumor about other fish when they encounter the white whale?
(a) they rise to the surface.
(b) they kill themselves.
(c) they swim away in terror.
(d) they group to attack the whale.

2. What is the irony of the coffin?
(a) a thing of death is being turned into a thing of life.
(b) a thing of death is so beautifully carved.
(c) a thing of death is a visual reminder of Moby Dick.
(d) a thing of death is an omen for the future.

3. What equipment left on board by Aunt Charity does Stubb throw overboard?
(a) a still for making rum.
(b) a caddy for ginger water.
(c) a teapot.
(d) a barrel of lemonade.

4. Why does Starbuck send Stubb to report the storm damage to Captain Ahab?
(a) because Stubb knows how to talk to the captain.
(b) because he is too busy saving the ship.
(c) for fear of what he might do to the captain if he goes back.
(d) to give Stubb a feeling of importance.

5. What does Ishmael recount about the Samuel Enderby that occurs many years later?
(a) he hears that Moby Dick sank the ship.
(b) he meets a sailor who remembers Captain Ahab.
(c) he learns how the Samuel Enderby ran aground.
(d) he has a fine social evening on board the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pip is finally rescued after jumping the second time from the boat, what is his condition?

2. What is Queequeg's duty while the blubber is stripped from the back of the whale?

3. Why does Pip join on one of the whaling boats?

4. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?

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

(see the answer key)

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