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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ahab react to the intrusion by Starbuck?
(a) he does not understand what Starbuck tells him.
(b) he raises a pistol as though to shoot Starbuck.
(c) he flies into a rage and threatens the carpenter.
(d) he becomes concerned about the loss of oil.

2. 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.

3. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?
(a) an elephant of the ocean.
(b) an elongated fish with big eyes.
(c) a spouting fish with a horizontal tail.
(d) a lumbering fish with a verticle tail.

4. What equipment left on board by Aunt Charity does Stubb throw overboard?
(a) a caddy for ginger water.
(b) a barrel of lemonade.
(c) a still for making rum.
(d) a teapot.

5. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?
(a) to get news of Moby Dick.
(b) to have dinner with him.
(c) to have him check the Pequod's charts.
(d) to give him medical supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?

2. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?

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

4. What danger does Ishmael say the whale wields in particular?

5. Who pilots the Pequod out of the Nantucket harbor?

(see the answer key)

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