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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pip is finally rescued after jumping the second time from the boat, what is his condition?
(a) he has lost all his clothes.
(b) his skin and hair has turned white.
(c) he has lost the ability to speak.
(d) he has gone insane.

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

3. What does Ahab discover the next morning after the storm?
(a) the ship has come aground.
(b) the ship is going in the wrong direction.
(c) the crew are all asleep after fighting the storm.
(d) the ship is dead in the water.

4. How does Ahab die?
(a) Ahab has a heart attack and falls into the ocean.
(b) Moby Dick pushes the Pequod over on top of Ahab's boat.
(c) Moby Dick jumps on top of the boat and drowns Ahab.
(d) the harpoon rope wraps around his neck pulling him into the sea.

5. What does Queequeg see in the Spanish doubloon?
(a) nothing of any value.
(b) the price of a bride.
(c) a pair of gold earrings.
(d) something to decorate his pipe.

6. What further detailed information does Ishmael record about the whale?
(a) he talks about the breeding grounds of whales.
(b) he discusses the measurement of the whale.
(c) he discusses the birth process of whales.
(d) he details migratory habits of whales.

7. What do they find in the corpse of the blind and crippled whale?
(a) the remains of a man.
(b) timbers from a whaling boat.
(c) a harpoon and cord and a stone lance.
(d) an unborn whale.

8. What happens that is uncharacteristic of Ahab?
(a) he smiles.
(b) he pats Pip on the back.
(c) he sheds a tear.
(d) he agrees with Starbuck.

9. What is Ahab thinking about as he looks out to sea?
(a) home, family, and growing older.
(b) vacationing in Italy.
(c) the fall in Nantucket.
(d) whether whales have families.

10. What do passing sailors say about the white whale?
(a) they think it has returned to the Indian Ocean.
(b) they spotted it yesterday.
(c) they do not believe it exists.
(d) they heard it was caught and killed.

11. What has the need for revenge done to Ahab's heart?
(a) it has weakened after three years at sea.
(b) it has turned cold and unfeeling.
(c) it has doubled over the missing boy.
(d) it has softened because of tragedy.

12. How did the watch on the mast of The Rachel know that Moby Dick had probably been harpooned.
(a) he saw the boat being pulled away.
(b) he saw the White Whale attack the boat.
(c) he thought he could see it happen.
(d) it happened right near The Rachel.

13. Where is Ahab on the morning of a clear day as they continue the search for Moby Dick?
(a) on the rail of the deck.
(b) on top of a mast.
(c) in his cabin.
(d) at the bow of the ship.

14. How does Ishmael classify the oiling of the bottom of a boat?
(a) a ceremony performed for Neptune.
(b) a ceremony of initiation of new sailors.
(c) a ceremony performed to attract whales.
(d) a ceremony performed for good luck.

15. What is the second objection the Sag Harbor man has for the veracity of the story of Jonah?
(a) the throat of the whale could not swallow a man.
(b) there is no oxygen inside a whale's stomach.
(c) the gastric juices of the whale would have killed Jonah.
(d) the whale would bite and not swallow whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael conclude about whales' olfactory and vocal systems?

2. Why does Starbuck send Stubb to report the storm damage to Captain Ahab?

3. What is the mood on the Pequod?

4. What had one of the boats from The Rachel accomplished?

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

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