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

2. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?
(a) Yojo.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Mojo.
(d) Sojo.

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

4. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?
(a) Father Maple.
(b) Father Elm.
(c) Father Pine.
(d) Father Sycamore.

5. What is Queequeg's amusing story about the ship captain attending a wedding in his father's court?
(a) he tried to kiss the bride.
(b) he wore a grass skirt.
(c) he danced on the table.
(d) he used the punch bowl as a finger bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Peleg and Bildad?

2. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

3. What is Ishmael's religious affiliation?

4. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?

5. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?

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