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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 does Pip do when a whale is harpooned?
(a) he starts to cry.
(b) he hides in the bottom of the boat.
(c) he jumps into the ocean.
(d) he hits the whale with his oar.

2. What does Fedallah say is the advantage of having the Right Whale on the other side of the ship?
(a) to appease the sea gods.
(b) to attract other whales to the area.
(c) to keep the ship from capsizing.
(d) to draw the sharks away from the sperm whale.

3. What happens to the boat Ishmael is in during the whale hunt?
(a) the boat takes on water and sinks.
(b) it gets stuck on the back of a whale.
(c) the whale they harpoon takes a bite out of the boat.
(d) it capsizes and all are thrown into the water.

4. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?
(a) a prophet of the Neskyeuna Shakers.
(b) a savage from the islands.
(c) a defrocked priest.
(d) another man named Starbuck.

5. Where is the large hunting ground where the Pequod finds itself in the middle of a pod of sperm whales?
(a) near Jakarta.
(b) near Nantucket.
(c) near Capetown.
(d) near Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the High Chief or king of the island of Kokovoko?

2. What is peculiar about the deck where Ahab walks?

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

4. Why does Pip join on one of the whaling boats?

5. How does Ishmael foreshadow Starbuck's behavior throughout the novel?

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