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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the harpoon especially made for Moby Dick?
(a) it smashes into the captain's cabin.
(b) it is tossed overboard during the storm.
(c) it is lost when Ahab's boat breaks apart.
(d) it catches on fire in ahab's boat.

2. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?
(a) by not thinking about it.
(b) with a great deal of tension.
(c) by writing in a diary.
(d) with his sense of humor.

3. What does Ahab order the ship's blacksmith to do?
(a) make a cast iron coffin for him if Moby Dick is not found.
(b) make more lances to use on Moby Dick.
(c) reinforce the sides of the Pequod.
(d) forge an iron harpoon only for Moby Dick.

4. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?
(a) Father Pine.
(b) Father Sycamore.
(c) Father Maple.
(d) Father Elm.

5. What do passing sailors say about the white whale?
(a) they spotted it yesterday.
(b) they heard it was caught and killed.
(c) they think it has returned to the Indian Ocean.
(d) they do not believe it exists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Queequeg distinguish himself on the trip to Nantucket?

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

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

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

5. What does Stubb get from the dead whale?

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