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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. To what does Ishmael compare a painting done from observing a stranded whale?
(a) to a painting of a tiger seen in a cage.
(b) to a painting of a ship drawn from a shipwreck.
(c) to a painting of a house from another culture.
(d) to a painting of the moon.

2. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?
(a) they become engrossed in their own thoughts.
(b) they become easily bored.
(c) they ask too many questions.
(d) they analyze too much.

3. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?
(a) complications.
(b) map making.
(c) whaling.
(d) life.

4. Why does the rumor start that Moby Dick is stalking the Pequod?
(a) something keeps bumping the Pequod.
(b) no large fish are spotted near the Pequod.
(c) a whale spout is seen at night every so often.
(d) a whale spout is seen only once every afternoon.

5. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?
(a) by writing in a diary.
(b) with a great deal of tension.
(c) by not thinking about it.
(d) with his sense of humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which harpooner is chosen by Starbuck?

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

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

4. Why does Ishmael think Chapter 45 is the most important one in the book?

5. To what does Ishmael compare the differences between land and sea?

(see the answer key)

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