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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) repairing holes in the deck.
(d) turning the coffin into a life buoy.

2. What is the ship's carpenter assigned to do?
(a) carve a new ivory peg leg for Ahab.
(b) erect a tent so Ahab can stay on deck.
(c) repair all the boats to encounter Moby Dick.
(d) build a chair for Ahab on deck.

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

4. When Tashtego accidentally falls into the oil-filled head of the whale, who rescues him?
(a) Flask.
(b) Queequeg.
(c) Starbuck.
(d) Ishmael.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of the baby whale they harpoon?

2. To what complaint does Ahab admit?

3. Where is Ahab on the morning of a clear day as they continue the search for Moby Dick?

4. What is Ahab thinking about as he looks out to sea?

5. How does Stubb convince the French ship to leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by a dream on Ahab's whaling boat?

2. What further insult does Ahab act out after meeting the Delight?

3. Why does Ahab change his attitude toward the leaking casks of whale oil?

4. Explain how Stubb uses his sense of humor to trick a French whaling ship into leaving a dead whale.

5. Explain two instances that Starbuck interprets as signs that God does not support Ahab's revenge on Moby Dick.

6. What happens to Fedallah when Moby Dick is harpooned for the first time?

7. How does Starbuck try to take advantage of Ahab's tears?

8. What is Ishmael trying to ascertain as he ponders fossil remains of whales he has read about?

9. How is Ahab killed?

10. How does Ishmael show the further mental deterioration of Ahab?

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