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

2. What do Peleg and Bildad do once the Pequod is in the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) leave the Pequod on a raft.
(b) return to shore in a small boat.
(c) go wake up Captain Ahab.
(d) jump overboard and swim to shore.

3. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?
(a) a folio whale.
(b) an octavo whale.
(c) a duodecimo whale.
(d) a Greenland whale.

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

5. Who is the High Chief or king of the island of Kokovoko?
(a) Quequeg's uncle.
(b) Queequeg's brother.
(c) Queequeg's father.
(d) Queequeg.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of whale are the men of the Pequod looking for?

4. How does Ishmael digress after the first whales are spotted?

5. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?

(see the answer key)

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