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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Peleg and Bildad?
(a) builders of the Pequod.
(b) crewmen on the Pequod.
(c) outfitters of the Pequod.
(d) part owners of the Pequod.

2. What is the major problem while the whale is tied to the side of the ship?
(a) changing the direction of the ship.
(b) keeping the sharks away.
(c) keeping the ropes from breaking.
(d) balancing the ship.

3. What do passing sailors say about the white whale?
(a) they do not believe it exists.
(b) they spotted it yesterday.
(c) they heard it was caught and killed.
(d) they think it has returned to the Indian Ocean.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahab discover the next morning after the storm?

2. What does Ahab finally admit?

3. Why does the captain of a whale ship the Pequod meets at sea not want to board the Pequod?

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

5. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?

(see the answer key)

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