Moby-Dick Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Moby-Dick Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 119-126.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?
(a) an elephant of the ocean.
(b) an elongated fish with big eyes.
(c) a lumbering fish with a verticle tail.
(d) a spouting fish with a horizontal tail.

2. How does Stubb convince the French ship to leave?
(a) by convincing them the dead whale will make them sick.
(b) by letting them smell the rotting flesh of the whale.
(c) by showing them the Pequod's mark on the whale.
(d) by telling them where to find live whales.

3. What has Ahab's vengeance done to him?
(a) His hair has turned white.
(b) He has lost his appetite.
(c) He cannot sleep at night.
(d) He finds no pleasure in life.

4. What do Ahab and the captain of the Samuel Enderby have in common?
(a) they are both insane.
(b) they are both looking for information about Moby Dick.
(c) they both lost a limb to Moby Dick.
(d) they are both looking for revenge against Moby Dick.

5. What apology does Ishmael make about whalers?
(a) He explains why they are socially low.
(b) He agrees that whalers are low caste.
(c) He defends their crude manners.
(d) He uses history to honor whalers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ship's carpenter assigned to do?

2. What does Fedallah's dream depict about hearses?

3. What is Ahab aware of while he stands on the deck of the Pequod?

4. What insane crew member of the Jeroboam claims to be the Angel Gabriel?

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

(see the answer key)

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