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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 99 | Chapters 100-101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?
(a) silence.
(b) polite.
(c) boisterous.
(d) chatty.

2. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?
(a) Father Maple.
(b) Father Sycamore.
(c) Father Pine.
(d) Father Elm.

3. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) the creation of sea creatures.
(b) Jonah and the whale.
(c) preparing for death.
(d) Balam and the ass.

4. What does Ishmael say the head of a sperm whale resembles?
(a) the toe of a boot.
(b) a Roman chariot.
(c) a Grecian urn.
(d) a boulder.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second objection the Sag Harbor man has for the veracity of the story of Jonah?

3. What does Pip do when a whale is harpooned?

4. What happens to Radney during a whale chase?

5. Why does Ishmael linger on the Biblical story of Jonah?

(see the answer key)

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