Moby Dick – Check your understanding!

1. Who is the narrator of the novel? _______________

2. Where does Ishmael want to go to find a job on a whaling ship?

________________________

3. Where does Queequeg come from? _____________________

4. Who decided to hire both Queequeg and Ishmael? ________________

5. Who warned Queequeg and Ishmael about Captain Ahab before they
joined the whaling trip? ___________________

6. What is the specific name of Queequeg’s occupation? ______________

7. What is the name of Captain Ahab’s ship? _________________

8. From what is Ahab’s false leg made? ________________________

9. For what were whales primarily hunted? ______________________

10. Which of the characters falls overboard and goes insane as a result?
_____________

11. What does the crew look for to indicate the presence of a whale?

____________________________________________________

12. What is the colour of Moby Dick? ____________________________

13. Who noticed the leaking oil barrel and asked everyone to change them?

______________________

14. What made Queequeg fell extremely sick? ________________________

___________________________________________________________

15. What did Captain Ahab offer for the first person who sees a white whale
(Moby Dick)? _________________________________________
16. What makes Starbuck attempted to kill Captain Ahab when he was
sleeping? _____________________________________________

17. What is the name of Captain Ahab’s trusted crew who is believed to be
able to predict future? ____________________________

18. What are the predictions made by the person in Question 17?

i. ________________________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________________________

19. How old is Pip? __________________

20. Besides the characters already mentioned in this quiz, write another 4
crew on the ship.

i. _________________________

ii. ________________________

iii. ________________________

iv. ________________________

21. What is the name of Starbuck’s wife? _______________________

22. Captain Gardiner is the captain of _________________________

23. How did Fedallah die? ______________________________________

24. How long does the fight with Moby Dick lasted at the end of the story?

_________________________________________

25. How does the Pequod sink? ___________________________________

26. What keeps Ishmael afloat after the Pequod sinks? _________________

27. Who saved Ishmael at the end of the story? ______________________

That’s all. Good luck! 

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