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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the two men who turn on Steelkilt and come out of the locked scuttle?
(a) they are hanged.
(b) they walk the plank.
(c) they receive pardons.
(d) they are flogged.

2. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?
(a) Peleg's wife, she orders the food supplies.
(b) she brings Bibles and religious supplies.
(c) she supervises the storing of the supplies.
(d) Bildad's sister and part owner, she brings supplies.

3. How does Ishmael digress after the first whales are spotted?
(a) by discussing the ideal weather for whatling.
(b) by giving a brief commentary on different kinds of whale.
(c) by giving a background on Captain Ahab.
(d) by defining the process of spotting whales.

4. Why does Ahab order a basket to take him to the top of one of the masts?
(a) he wants to be the first one to see the huge whale.
(b) he hopes Moby Dick can smell him and attack the ship.
(c) he doubts if the crew would tell him if they spotted Moby Dick.
(d) he wants Moby Dick to spot him easily.

5. How does Ishmael foreshadow Starbuck's behavior throughout the novel?
(a) He remains the valiant and moral person he first appears to be.
(b) He loses all his moral values and tries to kill Ahab.
(c) He changes into a madman.
(d) He becomes fearful and mutinous.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Starbuck is talking, what is Ahab thinking?

2. What do they find in the corpse of the blind and crippled whale?

3. Who are Peleg and Bildad?

4. What foreshadows what is likely to happen to Ahab and Fedallah?

5. What is Queequeg's duty while the blubber is stripped from the back of the whale?

(see the answer key)

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