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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 happens to Radney during a whale chase?
(a) he is thrown overboard.
(b) he is murdered by Steelkilt.
(c) he is eaten by the whale.
(d) he is promoted to harpooner.

2. How does Ishmael describe the whales he sees in the ocean?
(a) like big gray buses.
(b) like huge rocks in the water.
(c) like ships without sails.
(d) like big lumps of gray.

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

4. What danger does Ishmael say the whale wields in particular?
(a) the whale can do great damage with its tail.
(b) the whale never forgets.
(c) the whale can fluke and land on a ship.
(d) the whale can call for other whales to attack a ship.

5. To what does Ishmael compare a painting done from observing a stranded whale?
(a) to a painting of a house from another culture.
(b) to a painting of a tiger seen in a cage.
(c) to a painting of the moon.
(d) to a painting of a ship drawn from a shipwreck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ishmael's objection to artist renditions of the whale?

2. How does Ishmael describe the possibility of mutiny on a whale ship?

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

4. What is the harpooner, Queequeg, out doing when Ishmael is shown to his room?

5. What does Ishmael say the head of the sperm whale contains?

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