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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 Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?
(a) to have dinner with him.
(b) to have him check the Pequod's charts.
(c) to get news of Moby Dick.
(d) to give him medical supplies.

2. What is Ahab thinking about as he looks out to sea?
(a) home, family, and growing older.
(b) whether whales have families.
(c) the fall in Nantucket.
(d) vacationing in Italy.

3. How is Ahab's mental condition best described by this point?
(a) truly morbid.
(b) cheerful with expectation.
(c) finally sane.
(d) much more optimistic.

4. Which crew member does Ishmael single out as having the most responsibility?
(a) the captain.
(b) the oarsman.
(c) the harpooner.
(d) the first mate.

5. What does Ishmael decide to do about Queequeg?
(a) to ask for another room.
(b) to become his friend.
(c) to convert him to Christianity.
(d) to keep his pistol loaded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the mast of the Pequod during a typhoon?

2. What does Ishmael think is more remarkable than the whale's size and color?

3. When Tashtego accidentally falls into the oil-filled head of the whale, who rescues him?

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

5. What do Ahab and the captain of the Samuel Enderby have in common?

(see the answer key)

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