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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Starbuck send Stubb to report the storm damage to Captain Ahab?
(a) because he is too busy saving the ship.
(b) because Stubb knows how to talk to the captain.
(c) for fear of what he might do to the captain if he goes back.
(d) to give Stubb a feeling of importance.

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

3. How does Stubb handle the strange situation?
(a) with a great deal of tension.
(b) by not thinking about it.
(c) with his sense of humor.
(d) by writing in a diary.

4. What does Ishmael say whale ship crew members often do with the bones of whales?
(a) throw them overboard.
(b) make stays for corsets.
(c) carve animals.
(d) make ivory prostheses for men like Ahab.

5. What is the carpenter doing when Ahab ascends to deck the next morning?
(a) carving Ahab's new ivory leg.
(b) making a table for the captain.
(c) turning the coffin into a life buoy.
(d) repairing holes in the deck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?

2. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?

3. After the whale is captured, what is the next step?

4. What habit of whales do the whaling ships use to find their prey?

5. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?

(see the answer key)

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