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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 58-60 | Chapter 61-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?
(a) Yojo.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Sojo.
(d) Mojo.

2. What type of whale are the men of the Pequod looking for?
(a) the octavo whale.
(b) the albino whale.
(c) the sperm whale.
(d) the duodecimo whale.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael describe the possibility of mutiny on a whale ship?

2. What is the encounter in the ocean that causes Ahab to come to the deck?

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

4. What characteristics does Ishmael assign to Starbuck, the chief mate?

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

(see the answer key)

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