Moby Dick

What village was the center of the whaling industry?

• Boston
• Salem
• Nantucket
• Cape Cod

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What had been Ishmael's previous occupation?

• teacher
• fisherman
• preacher
• cook

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Which of the following is not one of the harpooners?

• Queequeg
• Coffin
• Tashtego
• Dagoo

What is the name of the whale ship on which Ishmael sails?

• The Essex
• The Acushnet
• The Starbuck
• The Pequod

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

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Who serves as the "conscience" of the ship?

• Stubb
• Starbuck
• Ahab
• Perth

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What saves Ishmael?

• An empty whale boat
• Queequeg's coffin
• A pod of whales
• A nearby island

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following does not describe Melville?

• A transcendentalist
• A dark tradition writer
• A romantic writer
• A former sailor

Which other writer was a good friend of Melville's?

• Poe
• Longfellow
• Bryant
• Hawthorne

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