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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-21 | Chapters 22-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accommodation is available for Ishmael at the inn in New Bedford?
(a) a bench in the dining room.
(b) a bunk in a communal room.
(c) a closet.
(d) a shared room with a harpooner.

2. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?
(a) selling a shrunken head.
(b) smoking his pipe.
(c) shaving with his harpoon.
(d) sharpening his hatchet.

3. What is Ishmael's religious affiliation?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Quaker.
(d) Catholic.

4. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?
(a) boisterous.
(b) polite.
(c) chatty.
(d) silence.

5. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?
(a) jumps up on top of the bed.
(b) turns around three times.
(c) sits on the floor.
(d) crawls under the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?

2. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?

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

4. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?

5. What is the theme of MOBY DICK?

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