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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) sits on the floor.
(b) crawls under the bed.
(c) turns around three times.
(d) jumps up on top of the bed.

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

3. What does Ishmael decide to do about Queequeg?
(a) to become his friend.
(b) to convert him to Christianity.
(c) to ask for another room.
(d) to keep his pistol loaded.

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

5. How does Ishmael foreshadow Starbuck's behavior throughout the novel?
(a) He loses all his moral values and tries to kill Ahab.
(b) He becomes fearful and mutinous.
(c) He remains the valiant and moral person he first appears to be.
(d) He changes into a madman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?

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

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

4. Which harpooner is chosen by Starbuck?

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

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