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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. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?
(a) demonstrating his skill with the harpoon.
(b) giving the owners shrunken heads.
(c) agreeing to convert to Christianity.
(d) offering to work for less pay.

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

3. What characteristics does Ishmael assign to Starbuck, the chief mate?
(a) common sense and intelligence.
(b) elegance and sophistication.
(c) ignorance and brashness.
(d) impetuousness and anger.

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

5. What happens to the two men who turn on Steelkilt and come out of the locked scuttle?
(a) they are flogged.
(b) they walk the plank.
(c) they receive pardons.
(d) they are hanged.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Elijah challenge Ishmael to find the men he saw heading for the Pequod?

3. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?

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

5. What is Starbuck's disagreement with Ahab's purpose for the trip?

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