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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-42 | Chapters 43-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?
(a) he explains how to get on board the Pequod.
(b) he adds comic relief to the story.
(c) he prophecies success for the Pequod.
(d) he prophecies disaster for the Pequod.

3. What does Ishmael think is more remarkable than the whale's size and color?
(a) its intelligence and cunning.
(b) its memory.
(c) its ability to destroy a large ship.
(d) its ability to stay for days under water.

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

5. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?
(a) agreeing to convert to Christianity.
(b) giving the owners shrunken heads.
(c) demonstrating his skill with the harpoon.
(d) offering to work for less pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speculation about Ahab's knowledge of the stowaways?

2. What type of whale is Moby Dick, the whale they are searching for?

3. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?

4. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?

5. What type of whale are the men of the Pequod looking for?

(see the answer key)

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