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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 speculation about the noise coming from the after hold?
(a) There is live bait in the hold.
(b) Moby Dick is sniffing out Captain Ahab.
(c) There are stowaways on board.
(d) There are ghosts on the Pequod.

2. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?
(a) Father Pine.
(b) Father Maple.
(c) Father Sycamore.
(d) Father Elm.

3. After the first whaling experience, what does Ishmael decide to do?
(a) lead a mutiny.
(b) resign and jump ship.
(c) pray every day more urgently.
(d) make out his will.

4. Which crew member does Ishmael single out as having the most responsibility?
(a) the first mate.
(b) the oarsman.
(c) the harpooner.
(d) the captain.

5. How does Ishmael introduce the story of Moby Dick?
(a) in a dream he has about a white whale.
(b) by Ahab's description of the white whale.
(c) by suggesting the white whale is a myth.
(d) with stories of the dangerous white whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?

2. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?

3. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?

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

5. What does Ishmael decide to do about Queequeg?

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