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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-33 | Chapters 34-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the theme of MOBY DICK?
(a) expectations.
(b) cooperation.
(c) madness.
(d) revenge.

2. Who is the second mate on board the Pequod?
(a) Dagoo.
(b) Flask.
(c) Stubb.
(d) Pip.

3. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) the creation of sea creatures.
(b) preparing for death.
(c) Jonah and the whale.
(d) Balam and the ass.

4. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?
(a) his experience in swabbing the deck.
(b) his work in the galley.
(c) his first experience serving watch.
(d) his time in the whaling boats.

5. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?
(a) the Pequod.
(b) the Titanic.
(c) the Tit-bit.
(d) the Devil-dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?

2. What do the plaques in the whaler's chapel remind Ishmael of?

3. Days into the journey, what makes Ishmael uneasy?

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

5. What is Ishmael's religious affiliation?

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