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

2. What is peculiar about the deck where Ahab walks?
(a) It has many dents made by Ahab's prosthesis.
(b) It is slanted and easy to lose footing.
(c) It is covered with sharkskin.
(d) It is double decked.

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

4. What habit of whales do the whaling ships use to find their prey?
(a) the way they follow certain routes to new feeding areas.
(b) the way they spout when finding schools of fish.
(c) the way they head south in the winter.
(d) they way they always go to the same place to spawn.

5. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?
(a) in a wheelbarrow.
(b) in a taxi.
(c) on their backs.
(d) on a hay cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Queequeg's amusing story about the ship captain attending a wedding in his father's court?

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

3. What does Ishmael decide to do about Queequeg?

4. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?

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

(see the answer key)

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