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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 do they find in the corpse of the blind and crippled whale?
(a) a harpoon and cord and a stone lance.
(b) timbers from a whaling boat.
(c) the remains of a man.
(d) an unborn whale.

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

3. How does Stubb convince the French ship to leave?
(a) by convincing them the dead whale will make them sick.
(b) by telling them where to find live whales.
(c) by letting them smell the rotting flesh of the whale.
(d) by showing them the Pequod's mark on the whale.

4. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?
(a) He finds no pleasure in life.
(b) His hair has turned white.
(c) He has lost his appetite.
(d) He cannot sleep at night.

5. What does Fedallah's dream depict about hearses?
(a) Ahab will never ride in a hearse.
(b) Ahab will be saved by a hearse.
(c) Ahab will see one not made with human hands.
(d) Ahab will ride in a wooden hearse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahab do in an excited state after visiting the Samuel Enderby?

2. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?

3. What odd behavior on the part of Ahab occurs over the apparatus used for determining latitude?

4. What is Ishmael's objection to artist renditions of the whale?

5. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?

(see the answer key)

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