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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 116-118.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man called who stands on deck and holds the rope that secures Queequeg?
(a) the monkey.
(b) the door post.
(c) the anchor.
(d) the cowboy.

2. 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.

3. What odd behavior on the part of Ahab occurs over the apparatus used for determining latitude?
(a) Ahab throws it overboard.
(b) Ahab orders it taken to the top of the mast.
(c) Ahab uses it to throw at a whale.
(d) Ahab dashes it against the deck of the ship.

4. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?
(a) a prophet of the Neskyeuna Shakers.
(b) another man named Starbuck.
(c) a savage from the islands.
(d) a defrocked priest.

5. What is peculiar about the deck where Ahab walks?
(a) It is covered with sharkskin.
(b) It is slanted and easy to lose footing.
(c) It has many dents made by Ahab's prosthesis.
(d) It is double decked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?

2. Why does Ahab's boat stay in the ocean and not return after they catch four whales?

3. What foreshadows what is likely to happen to Ahab and Fedallah?

4. Why does the captain of a whale ship the Pequod meets at sea not want to board the Pequod?

5. What equipment left on board by Aunt Charity does Stubb throw overboard?

(see the answer key)

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