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

2. What characteristics does Ishmael assign to Starbuck, the chief mate?
(a) ignorance and brashness.
(b) elegance and sophistication.
(c) impetuousness and anger.
(d) common sense and intelligence.

3. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?
(a) Ahab.
(b) Peleg.
(c) Bildad.
(d) Starbuck.

4. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) Balam and the ass.
(b) the creation of sea creatures.
(c) preparing for death.
(d) Jonah and the whale.

5. Which harpooner is chosen by Starbuck?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Tashtego.
(c) Queequeg.
(d) Daggoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael decide to do about Queequeg?

2. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?

3. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?

4. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?

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

(see the answer key)

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