“MOBY DICK BY HERMAN MELVILLE”, INTERMEDIATE 6: PATRICIA PILAR HINOJOSA CHIRINOS

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“MOBY DICK BY HERMAN MELVILLE”

“INTERMEDIATE 6”

TEACHER: BALLON CALIENES, HECTOR IVAN

STUDENT: PATRICIA PILAR, HINOJOSA CHIRINOS

PERÚ-AREQUIPA

2020
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CHAPTER ONE:

“THE SPOUTER INN”

1.- Summary

Chapter One has been divided into seven parts. Choose

from the list A-I the sentence which best summarises each
part (1-7) of the chapter. There is one extra sentence which
you do not need to use. There is an example at the
beginning (0).

A (3) Ishmael goes to see the king of the sea.

B (1) Ishmael never buys a ticket.

C (4) The inn is not a cheerful place.

D (EXTRA SENTENCE) Ismael prefers paying to travel.

E (6) Queequeg may be from hell.

F (0) Going to sea chases away sadness.

G (2) Ishmael has a good relationship with everybody.

H (7) People are sometimes better than they seem.

I (5) What Peter Coffin said about the harpooner was no

reason to lose sleep.

2.- Comprehension check. Answer the following questions.

A. How does Ishmael describe his feelings of depression and the sea?

 Ishmael said that he felt like a cold, wed November morning. The sea makes his feel better
because is magic and it is an endless sorce of life and mytery.

B. What was disturbing about the inn-keeper's name?

 The disturbing aboud that is Coffin which is the box dead bodies are buried in.

C. What are the two possible meanings of the sentence "He's out trying to sell his head"? What
is its meaning here?

 The possible meaning is that he is trying to sell his own head or part of his body and other
meaning is that he is trying to sell a shrunken head that belongs to him.
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D. What kind of sailor was Ishmael's roommate?

 Ishmael was a harpooner

E. How did Ishmael react when he first sees his roommate?

 Ishmael was very frightenet

F. What did Ishmael's roommate do when he saw Ishmael?

 Ishmael's roommate too was rightenet. He did not know who Ishmael was and said he was
going to kill him

CHAPTER TWO:

“THE PEQUOD”

1.- COMPREHENSION CHECK

Connect the beginnings in column A with the

endings in column B. There are four endings in
column B that you do not need to use.

1 (J) Queequeg did not become a king

2 (E) Ishmael and Queequeg spent all their time

together

3 (L) Ishmael and Queequeg left New Bedford

4 (D) Queequeg let Ishmael select their ship

5(K) Ahab could be recognised

6 (I) Starbuck did not know if he wanted to sign up

Queequeg

7 (C) Starbuck soon decided to sign up Queequeg

8 (H) Ishmael decided not to pay attention to Elijah's

prophecy
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 A because he was a Christian.

 B because he was the man who gave all the orders.

 C because he saw how well he could throw a harpoon.

 D because Yojo told him to do so.

 E because they had become quite fond of each other.

 F because they had the same bedroom.

 G because he had travelled around the world three times.

 H because he wanted to enjoy his adventure aboard the Pequod.

 I because he was obviously not a Christian.

 J because he wanted to travel and do exciting things.

 K because he had only one leg.

 L because they couldn't join the crew of a whaling ship there.

CHAPTER THREE:

“CAPTAIN AHAB”

1.- COMPREHENSION CHECK

For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D)

which you think fits best according to the text.

1.- Many people wanted the whaling ships to catch

many whales because.

 B the money these ships made catching whales

was also, in part, their money

2.- Flask saw hunting whales as

 C an amusing game.

3.- We learn that Starbuck

 B is practical and is interested in his men.

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4.- Ishmael compares the mates to.

 D great soldiers from the past.

5.- In this chapter we learn that Ahab.

 C has suffered much and has had a great deal of experience

CHAPTER FOUR:

“THE GOLD COIN”

1.- COMPREHENSION CHECK

Answer the following questions.

A. What was the first thing a crew member did

when he saw a whale?

 The first thing when saw a whale is shout out.

B. What was the second thing?

 Lower the boats and go after it.

C. Whose harpoon was in the hump of the white whale?

 The harpoon was of Ahab

D. What did the three harpooners know about the white whale?

 Queequeg that he has many harpoons in his body, Daggoo that his spout is big and looks like a
fountain and Queequeg that he has many harpoons in his body

E. How did the crew react to Ahab's talk about Moby Dick?

 Every body excited and were ready to hunt Moby Dick.

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F. What was the purpose of the Pequod's voyage according to Ahab? And according to
Starbuck?

 For Ahab, to hunt Moby Dick. For Starbuck, to hunt whales and make money.

G. Why did Moby Dick attack Ahab according to Starbuck? And according to Ahab?

 According to Starbuck, it was his instinct. According to Ahab, because Moby Dick is evil. 8 They
promised to kill Moby Dick.

H. What did the crew promise to do?

 They promised to kill Moby Dick.

I. With what gesture did the mates confirm their promise? And the harpooners?

 The mates confirmed their promise by crossing their harpoons. The harpooners by drinking from the
heads of their harpoons

CHAPTER FIVE:

“THERE SHE BLOWS”

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1.-COMPREHENSION CHECK

Answer the following questions about Chapter Five.

A. Who did Ishmael think Fedallah and his men were when he first saw them?

 He thought that they were real men who had been hiding in the hold

B. What was Elijah probably right about?

 That the five extra men were Ahab's demons.

C. What special ability did Fedallah have?

 He was an expert whale killer

D. How did he use it?

 He was Ahab's personal harpoone

E. Why did Ishmael feel frightened when he was in the boat?

 He was at eye level with the sea and there was fog and mist everywhere.

F. How did the weather change during the hunt?

 A storm arrived bringing wind and rain

G. Why did Ishmael and his companions fall into the ocean?

 The Pequod crashed into their boat

H. How did Queequeg react to their adventure?

 He was very calm as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

I. Why did Ishmael decide to write his will?

 He realized that each time he went out in the boats he was risking his life.
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 CHAPTER SIX:

 “THERE BIG WHALE HUNT”

1.COMPREHENSION CHECK

For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

1.- What do we learn about the Albatross?

 “C” Her captain and crew were at the end of a long, difficult voyage.

2.- The crew of the Pequod liked gams because they

 “A” wanted the company of new people.

3.- How is the crew affected by Ahab's madness?

 “A” They become mad, like him.

4.- How can we describe Queequeg's and Starbuck's reaction to the giant squid?

 “A” Logical and irrational simple and complex

5.- How does Ishmael present the hunting of the whale?

 “C” As a courageous battle by men against an admirable adversary.

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CHAPTER SEVEN:

“WHALE OIL”

1.- COMPREHENSION CHECK

Answer the following questions.

1.- Who chased away the sharks?

 Queequeg and another sailor.

2 .-How did they do it?

 They did it with harpoons

3 .-Who cut up the whale?

 Everyone in the crew

4.- What does Ishmael compare the blubber to? Why?

 An orange rind because it was peeled off the body of the whale in strips.

5.- Where is the spermaceti located?

 That is in the head

6.- What was it used for?

 Candles and face creams.

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7.- What did Ishmael notice about the whale's eyes? What did this make him think, both about
himself and Ahab?

 They are on either side of the whale's head. The whale sees two different images of each thing. He
thought that it was possible to see two sides of everything, but Ahab could only see Moby Dick in
one way as evil.

8 .-What would Ahab like to know from the whale?

 The deepest mysteries of life.

9.- What did they do with the whale corpse in the end?

 They let it float away in the sea.