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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ahab on the morning of a clear day as they continue the search for Moby Dick?
(a) at the bow of the ship.
(b) on the rail of the deck.
(c) in his cabin.
(d) on top of a mast.

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

3. When Pip is finally rescued after jumping the second time from the boat, what is his condition?
(a) he has lost all his clothes.
(b) he has gone insane.
(c) his skin and hair has turned white.
(d) he has lost the ability to speak.

4. What makes Ahab return quickly to the Pequod from the Samuel Enderby?
(a) he learns the direction Moby Dick is traveling.
(b) he has a fight with the other captain.
(c) he wants to beat the other captain to Moby Dick.
(d) he begins to feel ill.

5. What does the dream predict can kill Ahab?
(a) fire.
(b) oil.
(c) an iron harpoon.
(d) hemp.

6. What danger does Ishmael say the whale wields in particular?
(a) the whale can fluke and land on a ship.
(b) the whale never forgets.
(c) the whale can do great damage with its tail.
(d) the whale can call for other whales to attack a ship.

7. What has the need for revenge done to Ahab's heart?
(a) it has doubled over the missing boy.
(b) it has turned cold and unfeeling.
(c) it has softened because of tragedy.
(d) it has weakened after three years at sea.

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

9. What is the effect of Ahab's distraction on Starbuck?
(a) he shoves Ahab overboard.
(b) he hopes for the best.
(c) he walks sadly away.
(d) he continues to state his case.

10. How does Ahab become more irritated as the Pequod sails in the Pacific Ocean?
(a) he begins having strange dreams about Moby Dick.
(b) he thinks Moby Dick has returned to the Indian ocean.
(c) he believes the crew are not watchful enough.
(d) he knows Moby Dick is swimming in the same ocean.

11. Where is the large hunting ground where the Pequod finds itself in the middle of a pod of sperm whales?
(a) near Capetown.
(b) near Nantucket.
(c) near Japan.
(d) near Jakarta.

12. How does Ishmael classify the oiling of the bottom of a boat?
(a) a ceremony performed to attract whales.
(b) a ceremony performed for good luck.
(c) a ceremony performed for Neptune.
(d) a ceremony of initiation of new sailors.

13. What does Ahab order the Pequod to do in violation of maritime tradition?
(a) sail away before the burial at sea.
(b) play music and dance.
(c) ram the other ship.
(d) make obscene gestures at the other crew.

14. What happens to the harpoon especially made for Moby Dick?
(a) it catches on fire in ahab's boat.
(b) it smashes into the captain's cabin.
(c) it is tossed overboard during the storm.
(d) it is lost when Ahab's boat breaks apart.

15. What does Ishmael recount about the Samuel Enderby that occurs many years later?
(a) he meets a sailor who remembers Captain Ahab.
(b) he learns how the Samuel Enderby ran aground.
(c) he has a fine social evening on board the ship.
(d) he hears that Moby Dick sank the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahab discover the next morning after the storm?

2. What does Pip do when a whale is harpooned?

3. How does Ahab die?

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

5. How did the watch on the mast of The Rachel know that Moby Dick had probably been harpooned.

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