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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 49-50 | Chapter 51-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which harpooner is chosen by Starbuck?
(a) Tashtego.
(b) Queequeg.
(c) Daggoo.
(d) Ishmael.

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

3. What do the men do for entertainment on board the Pequod?
(a) play cards.
(b) sing and dance.
(c) gamble.
(d) tell sea tales.

4. What habit of whales do the whaling ships use to find their prey?
(a) the way they spout when finding schools of fish.
(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 follow certain routes to new feeding areas.

5. What is the encounter in the ocean that causes Ahab to come to the deck?
(a) they hear strange musical sounds in the ocean.
(b) they meet another whaling ship.
(c) they are chased by pirates.
(d) they see a huge pod of whales.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the chaplain of the whaler's place of worship?

2. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?

3. Who is Charity and what is her function regarding the Pequod?

4. How does Ishmael recognize newcomers to whaling on the streets of New Bedford?

5. What story about a whale attack compares to the history of the Titanic?

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