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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ishmael think Chapter 45 is the most important one in the book?
(a) because it discusses the pecularities of Ahab.
(b) because it describes Moby Dick in detail.
(c) because it describes behaviors of whales.
(d) because it deals with whale stories.

2. What does Ahab discover the next morning after the storm?
(a) the ship is going in the wrong direction.
(b) the ship has come aground.
(c) the ship is dead in the water.
(d) the crew are all asleep after fighting the storm.

3. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?
(a) the reason has to do with size.
(b) some whales take in more air.
(c) some whales have more solid bones.
(d) the reason is unknown.

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

5. How does Stubb convince the French ship to leave?
(a) by letting them smell the rotting flesh of the whale.
(b) by telling them where to find live whales.
(c) by showing them the Pequod's mark on the whale.
(d) by convincing them the dead whale will make them sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Queequeg while he helps locate the oil leak?

3. What is the rumor about other fish when they encounter the white whale?

4. What happens to the harpoon especially made for Moby Dick?

5. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?

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