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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. How does Ishmael digress after the first whales are spotted?
(a) by defining the process of spotting whales.
(b) by discussing the ideal weather for whatling.
(c) by giving a brief commentary on different kinds of whale.
(d) by giving a background on Captain Ahab.

2. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?
(a) bringing up the rear.
(b) in his cabin.
(c) standing on the deck.
(d) still at home in his bedroom.

3. Days into the journey, what makes Ishmael uneasy?
(a) He never sees Queequeg again.
(b) He has started to have seasickness.
(c) He decides he has made a mistake.
(d) He has not yet seen the captain.

4. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?
(a) a lumbering fish with a verticle tail.
(b) a spouting fish with a horizontal tail.
(c) an elephant of the ocean.
(d) an elongated fish with big eyes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?

3. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?

4. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?

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

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