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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. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?
(a) agreeing to convert to Christianity.
(b) giving the owners shrunken heads.
(c) offering to work for less pay.
(d) demonstrating his skill with the harpoon.

2. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?
(a) an octavo whale.
(b) a folio whale.
(c) a Greenland whale.
(d) a duodecimo whale.

3. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?
(a) bacon and eggs.
(b) clam and cod chowder.
(c) ham and gravy.
(d) fish and chips.

4. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?
(a) the Spouter Inn.
(b) the Whale Bone Inn.
(c) the Peter Coffin Inn.
(d) the Humpback Inn.

5. What do Peleg and Bildad do once the Pequod is in the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) leave the Pequod on a raft.
(b) go wake up Captain Ahab.
(c) jump overboard and swim to shore.
(d) return to shore in a small boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor about other fish when they encounter the white whale?

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

3. What is the speculation about Ahab's knowledge of the stowaways?

4. What is Ahab aware of while he stands on the deck of the Pequod?

5. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

(see the answer key)

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