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

2. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?
(a) He explains why they are socially low.
(b) He defends their crude manners.
(c) He uses history to honor whalers.
(d) He agrees that whalers are low caste.

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

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

5. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?
(a) the Peter Coffin Inn.
(b) the Whale Bone Inn.
(c) the Humpback Inn.
(d) the Spouter Inn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What characteristics does Ishmael assign to Starbuck, the chief mate?

3. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?

4. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?

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

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