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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. After the first whaling experience, what does Ishmael decide to do?
(a) lead a mutiny.
(b) resign and jump ship.
(c) pray every day more urgently.
(d) make out his will.

2. How does Ishmael introduce the story of Moby Dick?
(a) by Ahab's description of the white whale.
(b) with stories of the dangerous white whale.
(c) by suggesting the white whale is a myth.
(d) in a dream he has about a white whale.

3. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?
(a) a Greenland whale.
(b) a duodecimo whale.
(c) a folio whale.
(d) an octavo whale.

4. How does Queequeg distinguish himself on the trip to Nantucket?
(a) by climbing to the top of the mast.
(b) by winning an arm wrestling match.
(c) by catching a large fish for dinner.
(d) by saving a man who fell overboard.

5. What is Ishmael's objection to artist renditions of the whale?
(a) they are painted out of the water.
(b) they are imaginary and not true to life.
(c) they are pictured in false colors.
(d) they are too realistic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?

3. What do Peleg and Bildad do once the Pequod is in the Atlantic Ocean?

4. Which harpooner is chosen by Starbuck?

5. What does Ahab question the men about?

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