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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ahab finally admit?
(a) that he is an inept captain.
(b) that he cannot look at the bright side of things.
(c) that he has been wrong and should return home.
(d) that Starbuck is right and he is wrong.

2. What reaction do both Ahab and Starbuck have to the Spanish doubloon still nailed to the mast?
(a) hope.
(b) greed.
(c) eagerness.
(d) sadness.

3. How does Ishmael describe the whales he sees in the ocean?
(a) like big lumps of gray.
(b) like ships without sails.
(c) like huge rocks in the water.
(d) like big gray buses.

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

5. Besides the whales in the oceans, what else does Ishmael include in his discussion?
(a) the comparison of whales to dolphins.
(b) fossil remains of whales from centuries ago.
(c) the comparison of whales to elephants.
(d) the collected myths about whales.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Starbuck a singular character on board the Pequod at this point?

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

3. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?

4. What happens to Queequeg while he helps locate the oil leak?

5. How does Ishmael foreshadow Starbuck's behavior throughout the novel?

(see the answer key)

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