2. What habit of whales do the whaling ships use to find their prey?
(a) they way they always go to the same place to spawn.
(b) the way they spout when finding schools of fish.
(c) the way they follow certain routes to new feeding areas.
(d) the way they head south in the winter.

3. What is the subject matter of the sermon in the chapel?
(a) the creation of sea creatures.
(b) preparing for death.
(c) Balam and the ass.
(d) Jonah and the whale.

4. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?
(a) map making.
(b) whaling.
(c) complications.
(d) life.

5. What do the plaques in the whaler's chapel remind Ishmael of?
(a) the marks of distinction.
(b) the dangers of the sea.
(c) the heroism of whaling.
(d) the time away from land.

6. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?
(a) play cards.
(b) tell sea tales.
(c) sing and dance.
(d) gamble.

7. What accommodation is available for Ishmael at the inn in New Bedford?
(a) a closet.
(b) a bunk in a communal room.
(c) a bench in the dining room.
(d) a shared room with a harpooner.

8. Why does Ishmael think Chapter 45 is the most important one in the book?
(a) because it discusses the pecularities of Ahab.
(b) because it deals with whale stories.
(c) because it describes behaviors of whales.
(d) because it describes Moby Dick in detail.

9. What do Peleg and Bildad do once the Pequod is in the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) return to shore in a small boat.
(b) leave the Pequod on a raft.
(c) go wake up Captain Ahab.
(d) jump overboard and swim to shore.

10. Who are Peleg and Bildad?
(a) builders of the Pequod.
(b) part owners of the Pequod.
(c) crewmen on the Pequod.
(d) outfitters of the Pequod.

11. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?
(a) boisterous.
(b) polite.
(c) silence.
(d) chatty.

12. What part of the whale is the most valuable to the whalers?
(a) the blubber.
(b) the skin.
(c) the head and tail.
(d) the ivory teeth and bones.

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

14. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?
(a) whales completely surrounding the ship.
(b) a hole in the bottom of each whale boat.
(c) Captain Ahab without his ivory peg leg.
(d) five men they had not seen before.

15. Why does the rumor start that Moby Dick is stalking the Pequod?
(a) something keeps bumping the Pequod.
(b) a whale spout is seen at night every so often.
(c) a whale spout is seen only once every afternoon.
(d) no large fish are spotted near the Pequod.