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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 Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?
(a) stories printed in British and American newspapers.
(b) interviews with survivors of whale attacks.
(c) his own experience with whales while he was at sea.
(d) other ships that have had bad encounters with whales.

2. To what does Ishmael attribute the Sag Harbor man's disbelief in the story of Jonah?
(a) his minute education and inability to reason.
(b) his custom of arguing with everyone.
(c) his personal experience inside a whale.
(d) his listening to too many doubters.

3. Days into the journey, what makes Ishmael uneasy?
(a) He has not yet seen the captain.
(b) He decides he has made a mistake.
(c) He has started to have seasickness.
(d) He never sees Queequeg again.

4. What do Ishmael and Stubb discuss about captains and whaling?
(a) whether the captain should take the helm.
(b) whether captains know enough about whales.
(c) whether the captain should go on the boats.
(d) whether captains should be harpooners.

5. What is Starbuck's disagreement with Ahab's purpose for the trip?
(a) the need to get oil and return to Nantucket quickly.
(b) the futility of vengeance against a whale.
(c) the moral correctness of finding the white whale.
(d) the missed opportunities to capture other whales.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From what does the Pequod escape at sea?

4. What is Ahab aware of while he stands on the deck of the Pequod?

5. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?

(see the answer key)

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