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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 49-50 | Chapter 51-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?
(a) Peleg's wife, she orders the food supplies.
(b) Bildad's sister and part owner, she brings supplies.
(c) she supervises the storing of the supplies.
(d) she brings Bibles and religious supplies.

2. 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.

3. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?
(a) They do not know how to dress.
(b) They are carrying large carpetbags.
(c) They have on new Macintoshes.
(d) They look dazed.

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

5. What does Ahab question the men about?
(a) their families back home.
(b) their willingness to sail for three years.
(c) their experience in whaling.
(d) their procedure when they spot a whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?

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

3. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?

4. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?

5. After the first whaling experience, what does Ishmael decide to do?

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