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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what does Ishmael attribute the Sag Harbor man's disbelief in the story of Jonah?
(a) his custom of arguing with everyone.
(b) his personal experience inside a whale.
(c) his listening to too many doubters.
(d) his minute education and inability to reason.

3. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?
(a) another man named Starbuck.
(b) a savage from the islands.
(c) a prophet of the Neskyeuna Shakers.
(d) a defrocked priest.

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

5. What happens to the mast of the Pequod during a typhoon?
(a) it loses all its sails.
(b) it glows in the dark.
(c) it breaks in two.
(d) it catches on fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Radney during a whale chase?

4. What makes Ahab return quickly to the Pequod from the Samuel Enderby?

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

(see the answer key)

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