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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 119-126.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ishmael advise against putting intellectual men on watch?
(a) they ask too many questions.
(b) they become easily bored.
(c) they analyze too much.
(d) they become engrossed in their own thoughts.

2. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?
(a) his first experience serving watch.
(b) his experience in swabbing the deck.
(c) his work in the galley.
(d) his time in the whaling boats.

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

4. What is the man called who stands on deck and holds the rope that secures Queequeg?
(a) the anchor.
(b) the monkey.
(c) the cowboy.
(d) the door post.

5. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?
(a) They do not know how to dress.
(b) They are carrying large carpetbags.
(c) They have on new Macintoshes.
(d) They look dazed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say the head of a sperm whale resembles?

2. To what does Ishmael attribute the Sag Harbor man's disbelief in the story of Jonah?

3. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?

4. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?

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

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