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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 are stowaways on board.
(b) There are ghosts on the Pequod.
(c) Moby Dick is sniffing out Captain Ahab.
(d) There is live bait in the hold.

2. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?
(a) other ships that have had bad encounters with whales.
(b) interviews with survivors of whale attacks.
(c) stories printed in British and American newspapers.
(d) his own experience with whales while he was at sea.

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

4. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?
(a) chatty.
(b) boisterous.
(c) polite.
(d) silence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?

2. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?

3. How does Queequeg distinguish himself on the trip to Nantucket?

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

5. What does Ishmael think is more remarkable than the whale's size and color?

(see the answer key)

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