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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 is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?
(a) the Humpback Inn.
(b) the Peter Coffin Inn.
(c) the Spouter Inn.
(d) the Whale Bone Inn.

2. Why does Starbuck send Stubb to report the storm damage to Captain Ahab?
(a) for fear of what he might do to the captain if he goes back.
(b) to give Stubb a feeling of importance.
(c) because he is too busy saving the ship.
(d) because Stubb knows how to talk to the captain.

3. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?
(a) life.
(b) complications.
(c) whaling.
(d) map making.

4. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?
(a) five men they had not seen before.
(b) whales completely surrounding the ship.
(c) a hole in the bottom of each whale boat.
(d) Captain Ahab without his ivory peg leg.

5. What do the plaques in the whaler's chapel remind Ishmael of?
(a) the heroism of whaling.
(b) the marks of distinction.
(c) the time away from land.
(d) the dangers of the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual thing does Queequeg do while putting on his boots?

2. What is the second objection the Sag Harbor man has for the veracity of the story of Jonah?

3. How does Ishmael introduce the story of Moby Dick?

4. Besides the whales in the oceans, what else does Ishmael include in his discussion?

5. How do Ishmael and Queequeg transport their baggage to the boat bound for Nantucket?

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