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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 Ishmael conclude about whales' olfactory and vocal systems?
(a) they can neither smell nor communicate.
(b) they use smell to find food and sing to tell other whales.
(c) they cannot smell but they communicate with each other.
(d) they have a keen sense of smell for communication.

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

3. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?
(a) an octavo whale.
(b) a folio whale.
(c) a Greenland whale.
(d) a duodecimo whale.

4. To what complaint does Ahab admit?
(a) mental instability at times.
(b) never being able to sleep.
(c) phantom pain from his missing leg.
(d) the fear of losing both legs.

5. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?
(a) he explains how to get on board the Pequod.
(b) he adds comic relief to the story.
(c) he prophecies disaster for the Pequod.
(d) he prophecies success for the Pequod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ahab aware of while he stands on the deck of the Pequod?

2. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael stays while waiting to go to Nantucket?

3. How does Stubb convince the French ship to leave?

4. To what does Ishmael attribute the hieroglyphic-like markings on the whale skin?

5. What is peculiar about the deck where Ahab walks?

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