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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 does Ahab question the men about?
(a) their families back home.
(b) their willingness to sail for three years.
(c) their procedure when they spot a whale.
(d) their experience in whaling.

2. How does Ishmael describe the whales he sees in the ocean?
(a) like ships without sails.
(b) like huge rocks in the water.
(c) like big lumps of gray.
(d) like big gray buses.

3. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?
(a) They are carrying large carpetbags.
(b) They look dazed.
(c) They have on new Macintoshes.
(d) They do not know how to dress.

4. How does Ishmael foreshadow Starbuck's behavior throughout the novel?
(a) He changes into a madman.
(b) He loses all his moral values and tries to kill Ahab.
(c) He becomes fearful and mutinous.
(d) He remains the valiant and moral person he first appears to be.

5. Why does Ishmael think Chapter 45 is the most important one in the book?
(a) because it describes behaviors of whales.
(b) because it describes Moby Dick in detail.
(c) because it discusses the pecularities of Ahab.
(d) because it deals with whale stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say whale ship crew members often do with the bones of whales?

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

3. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?

4. What happens to the boat Ishmael is in during the whale hunt?

5. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?

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