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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 second objection the Sag Harbor man has for the veracity of the story of Jonah?
(a) the throat of the whale could not swallow a man.
(b) the whale would bite and not swallow whole.
(c) the gastric juices of the whale would have killed Jonah.
(d) there is no oxygen inside a whale's stomach.

2. What does Ishmael say the head of the sperm whale contains?
(a) the largest and the most pure quantity of sperm whale oil.
(b) soft tissue that contains no oil.
(c) hard bone used as a battering ram.
(d) a gigantic brain.

3. What do the plaques in the whaler's chapel remind Ishmael of?
(a) the dangers of the sea.
(b) the heroism of whaling.
(c) the marks of distinction.
(d) the time away from land.

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

5. Who is the second mate on board the Pequod?
(a) Flask.
(b) Dagoo.
(c) Pip.
(d) Stubb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?

2. What is Starbuck's disagreement with Ahab's purpose for the trip?

3. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?

4. What equipment does Ishmael discuss including their descriptions and uses?

5. When the whale is harpooned, what action do the harpooner and the chief mate take?

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