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Moby Dick 1

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  • Why does Ishmael go to sea?
    He wanted adventure/travel
  • Why does Ahab pursue Moby Dick so single-mindedly?
    revenge/Moby Dick took his leg
  • What does Queequeg have the ship's carpenter make for him?
    His coffin
  • What is Pip's job?
    Assistant to the cook
  • Which leg of Ahab's was lost to Moby?
    never specified
  • In chapter 8, Queequeg's coffin, he is buried at sea. True or False?
    False
  • What adjectives would you use to describe Ahab
    serious, obsessive, moody, angry
  • What reward does Ahab offer for he who first sights the White Whale?
    a gold doubloon
  • Samuel Enderby is...
    a ship
  • List two names from the crew, besides Starbuck, Ishmael or Queequeg
    Stub, Flask, Tashtego, Daggoo, Fedllah, Pip
  • Where does the 'Pequod' sail from?
    Nantucket
  • Captain Boomer lost, what limb to Moby Dick?
    An arm
  • Why did Pip jumped from the boat
    He was afraid as he was not a whaler
  • Queequeg job was...
    a harpoonist
  • True or False: Ishmael never wanted to be a whaler
    False
  • Who first sees Moby Dick?
    Ahab. He smells the whale, climbs the mast, and sights Moby Dick claiming the gold for himself
  • What is the first ship the 'Pequod' meets?
    Samuel Enderby
  • True/False: Most men in the ship do have a family.
    True
  • Where does Ishmael's harpooner friend Queequeg come from?
    Kokovoko
  • Who is the first-person Ishmael meets at the Pequod?
    Starbuck