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Moby Dick Quiz: Whole Play

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the setting where the play starts?

a)

NEW FOUNDLAND

b)

NEW JERSEY

c)

NEW YORK

d)

NEW BEDFORD

2.

TO WAVE A WEAPON IN A THREATENING WAY

a)

flourish

b)

brandish

c)

smasher

d)

deminish

3.

Who is the sailor with the least amount of experience?

a)

Starbuck

b)

Queequeg

c)

Tastego

d)

Ishmael

4.

Which captain does not want revenge on Moby Dick?

a)

Captain Bildad

b)

Captain Peleg

c)

Captain Boomer

d)

Captain Ahab

5.

Why does Ahab want revenge on Mody Dick?

a)

Moby smashed his boat.

b)

Moby bit his leg off.

c)

Moby ate his wife.

d)

Moby ate his son.

6.

What is the reason people used to hunt whales in the 1800s?

a)

oil for lamps

b)

meat for food

c)

teeth for jewelry

d)

bones to build houses

7.

Who is the author of the story?

a)

Herman Melville

b)

Stephen King

c)

J. K. Rowling

d)

R. L. Stine

8.

something enormous and powerful; a sea monster

a)

lava

b)

levelheaded

c)

leverage

d)

leviathan

9.

Who says, "Build me a coffin and seal every crack"?

a)

Ishmael

b)

Queequeg

c)

Ahab

d)

Starbuck

10.

Who says, "How many barrels of oil will your vengeance earn at the Nantucket market"?

a)

Ahab

b)

Flask

c)

Starbuck

d)

Boomer

11.

Who says, "I didn't want to try to kill him. Isn't one arm enough!"

a)

Ishmael

b)

Boomer

c)

Starbuck

d)

Ahab

12.

TO LIGHT UP

a)

ILLUMINATE

b)

INFERNAL

c)

GESTURE

d)

LEDGER

13.

Which element is very important in historical fiction?

a)

setting

b)

character development

c)

internal and exernal conflicts

d)

author's word choices

14.

What does Captain Ahab offer the crew if they find and kill Moby Dick?

a)

gold

b)

whale oil

c)

fish

d)

freedom

15.

What makes Moby Dick easy to identity among other whales?

a)

large tail

b)

fur

c)

spots

d)

white head

16.

Who thinks about killing Captain Ahab?

a)

Captain Boomer

b)

Starbuck

c)

Queequeg

d)

Mr. Flask

17.

Who is the only survivor?

a)

Ahab

b)

Tashtego

c)

Starbuck

d)

Ishmael

18.

Which statement best describes the theme of the play?

a)

You shouldn't eat other people.

b)

You can get rich hunting whales.

c)

Revenge will also harm the person who seeks it.

d)

Whales are dangerous animals.

19.

Which question should you ask when trying to find the CENTRAL IDEA?

a)

What is the setting of the story?

b)

Who wrote the text?

c)

What are the characters' names?

d)

What does the author want me to know about the topic?

20.

Read this quote, "Starbuck's musket shakes with nerves. He wrestles with his inner angel." What does the phrase "inner angel" mostly likely mean based on how it's used in this quote?

a)

he saw a ghost

b)

his conscience thinking of what is right

c)

his prayer to God

d)

he fights wtih Captain Ahab