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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 does Queequeg see in the Spanish doubloon?
(a) the price of a bride.
(b) something to decorate his pipe.
(c) a pair of gold earrings.
(d) nothing of any value.

2. What further detailed information does Ishmael record about the whale?
(a) he discusses the measurement of the whale.
(b) he talks about the breeding grounds of whales.
(c) he details migratory habits of whales.
(d) he discusses the birth process of whales.

3. When the whale is harpooned, what action do the harpooner and the chief mate take?
(a) they switch places from front to back.
(b) they join the rowers.
(c) they switch from harpoons to lances.
(d) they manhandle the harpoon line.

4. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) Balam and the ass.
(b) preparing for death.
(c) Jonah and the whale.
(d) the creation of sea creatures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speculation about Ahab's knowledge of the stowaways?

2. How does Ishmael classify the oiling of the bottom of a boat?

3. What is the condition of the baby whale they harpoon?

4. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?

5. How does Stubb regain a dead whale from a French whaling boat?

(see the answer key)

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