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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. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?
(a) clam and cod chowder.
(b) bacon and eggs.
(c) fish and chips.
(d) ham and gravy.

2. What is Ishmael's religious affiliation?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Quaker.

3. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?
(a) a hole in the bottom of each whale boat.
(b) Captain Ahab without his ivory peg leg.
(c) whales completely surrounding the ship.
(d) five men they had not seen before.

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

5. Who are Peleg and Bildad?
(a) crewmen on the Pequod.
(b) outfitters of the Pequod.
(c) builders of the Pequod.
(d) part owners of the Pequod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?

2. What does Ishmael say is the saddest thing about any man, no matter how bad he is?

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

4. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?

5. What habit of whales do the whaling ships use to find their prey?

(see the answer key)

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