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

2. Days into the journey, what makes Ishmael uneasy?
(a) He has started to have seasickness.
(b) He never sees Queequeg again.
(c) He decides he has made a mistake.
(d) He has not yet seen the captain.

3. Why does the captain of a whale ship the Pequod meets at sea not want to board the Pequod?
(a) his crew is ill.
(b) he never leaves his own ship.
(c) he does not like Ahab.
(d) he is jealous of the Pequod's catch.

4. How does Ahab become more irritated as the Pequod sails in the Pacific Ocean?
(a) he believes the crew are not watchful enough.
(b) he begins having strange dreams about Moby Dick.
(c) he knows Moby Dick is swimming in the same ocean.
(d) he thinks Moby Dick has returned to the Indian ocean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the High Chief or king of the island of Kokovoko?

2. How does Ishmael describe the possibility of mutiny on a whale ship?

3. What happens to the two men who turn on Steelkilt and come out of the locked scuttle?

4. What is the speculation about the noise coming from the after hold?

5. What is Queequeg's amusing story about the ship captain attending a wedding in his father's court?

(see the answer key)

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