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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What early shipboard duty does Ishmael describe?
(a) his time in the whaling boats.
(b) his first experience serving watch.
(c) his work in the galley.
(d) his experience in swabbing the deck.

2. What is the major problem while the whale is tied to the side of the ship?
(a) changing the direction of the ship.
(b) balancing the ship.
(c) keeping the ropes from breaking.
(d) keeping the sharks away.

3. What does the captain of a German whaling ship want from the Pequod?
(a) lamp oil.
(b) sailcloth.
(c) coffee.
(d) directions.

4. What does Flask see as he examines the doubloon?
(a) the number of cigars it will buy.
(b) the way it shines in the sunlight.
(c) the plan he has for getting it for himself.
(d) the astrological meaning of the engraving on the coin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ahab react to the intrusion by Starbuck?

2. How does Ishmael digress after the first whales are spotted?

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

4. What is the man called who stands on deck and holds the rope that secures Queequeg?

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

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