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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. Which crew member does Ishmael single out as having the most responsibility?
(a) the captain.
(b) the first mate.
(c) the oarsman.
(d) the harpooner.

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

3. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?
(a) smoking his pipe.
(b) shaving with his harpoon.
(c) selling a shrunken head.
(d) sharpening his hatchet.

4. Who is the High Chief or king of the island of Kokovoko?
(a) Quequeg's uncle.
(b) Queequeg.
(c) Queequeg's brother.
(d) Queequeg's father.

5. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?
(a) the Pequod.
(b) the Tit-bit.
(c) the Titanic.
(d) the Devil-dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?

2. What is the speculation about the noise coming from the after hold?

3. How does Ishmael foreshadow Starbuck's behavior throughout the novel?

4. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?

5. Days into the journey, what makes Ishmael uneasy?

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