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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 early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?
(a) his first experience serving watch.
(b) his work in the galley.
(c) his experience in swabbing the deck.
(d) his time in the whaling boats.

2. When the whale is harpooned, what action do the harpooner and the chief mate take?
(a) they manhandle the harpoon line.
(b) they switch from harpoons to lances.
(c) they switch places from front to back.
(d) they join the rowers.

3. Who is the second mate on board the Pequod?
(a) Pip.
(b) Stubb.
(c) Dagoo.
(d) Flask.

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) Peleg's wife, she orders the food supplies.
(d) Bildad's sister and part owner, she brings supplies.

5. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?
(a) on a hay cart.
(b) on their backs.
(c) in a taxi.
(d) in a wheelbarrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Peleg and Bildad?

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

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

4. What happens to Radney during a whale chase?

5. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?

(see the answer key)

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