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

2. What is Ishmael's religious affiliation?
(a) Quaker.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Catholic.

3. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?
(a) jumps up on top of the bed.
(b) sits on the floor.
(c) turns around three times.
(d) crawls under the bed.

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

5. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?
(a) five men they had not seen before.
(b) Captain Ahab without his ivory peg leg.
(c) a hole in the bottom of each whale boat.
(d) whales completely surrounding the ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Days into the journey, what makes Ishmael uneasy?

3. What accommodation is available for Ishmael at the inn in New Bedford?

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

5. How does Ishmael introduce the story of Moby Dick?

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