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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the speculation about the noise coming from the after hold?
(a) There is live bait in the hold.
(b) There are stowaways on board.
(c) Moby Dick is sniffing out Captain Ahab.
(d) There are ghosts on the Pequod.

2. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?
(a) to have dinner with him.
(b) to give him medical supplies.
(c) to have him check the Pequod's charts.
(d) to get news of Moby Dick.

3. What does Queequeg use to reach his food?
(a) his harpoon.
(b) his long arms.
(c) a long stick.
(d) a small lasso.

4. What does Fedallah say is the advantage of having the Right Whale on the other side of the ship?
(a) to attract other whales to the area.
(b) to appease the sea gods.
(c) to keep the ship from capsizing.
(d) to draw the sharks away from the sperm whale.

5. Why does Ishmael linger on the Biblical story of Jonah?
(a) because it explains a lot about whales.
(b) because some crewmen doubt the story.
(c) because he does not believe the Biblical account.
(d) because he remembers sermons about Jonah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Starbuck contemplate when he finds Ahab asleep?

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

3. What does Ishmael say the head of the sperm whale contains?

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

5. What makes Ahab return quickly to the Pequod from the Samuel Enderby?

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