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    The document is a quiz on chapters 1-3 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key characters, plot points, and events in the chapters. Specifically, it tests the reader's understanding of: 1) The introduction of main characters like Ishmael, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab. 2) The sequence of events that led Ishmael to join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. 3) Details about the Pequod and its crew revealed in chapters 2 and 3, including Captain Ahab revealing his obsession with the white whale Moby Dick.

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    The document is a quiz on chapters 1-3 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key characters, plot points, and events in the chapters. Specifically, it tests the reader's understanding of: 1) The introduction of main characters like Ishmael, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab. 2) The sequence of events that led Ishmael to join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. 3) Details about the Pequod and its crew revealed in chapters 2 and 3, including Captain Ahab revealing his obsession with the white whale Moby Dick.

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    The document is a quiz on chapters 1-3 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key characters, plot points, and events in the chapters. Specifically, it tests the reader's understanding of: 1) The introduction of main characters like Ishmael, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab. 2) The sequence of events that led Ishmael to join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. 3) Details about the Pequod and its crew revealed in chapters 2 and 3, including Captain Ahab revealing his obsession with the white whale Moby Dick.

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    Moby Dick Chap1-3 Quiz

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    The document is a quiz on chapters 1-3 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key characters, plot points, and events in the chapters. Specifically, it tests the reader's understanding of: 1) The introduction of main characters like Ishmael, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab. 2) The sequence of events that led Ishmael to join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. 3) Details about the Pequod and its crew revealed in chapters 2 and 3, including Captain Ahab revealing his obsession with the white whale Moby Dick.

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    The passage provides a quiz on the first three chapters of Moby Dick, introducing characters like Ishmael, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab. It tests the reader's understanding of plot details and character descriptions.

    The quiz is assessing the reader's comprehension of events and characters from the first three chapters of Moby Dick. It asks them to recall details about Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, and the early interactions between Ishmael and Queequeg aboard the Pequod.

    The main characters introduced are Ishmael, the narrator who recounts his voyage on the Pequod; Queequeg, a harpooner from a South Sea island whom Ishmael befriends; and Captain Ahab, the driven commander of the Pequod who is obsessed with hunting the white whale, Moby Dick.

    QUIZ [MOBY DICK: CHAPTER 1-3]

    Name: ______________________________

    Class: _______________________________

    Novel: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

    Answer the following questions carefully. Each question carries 1 mark.

    Section A:

    1. a) Who or what is Moby Dick?

    _______________________________________________________________________

    b) How does Captain Ahab feel about Moby Dick? Why?

    _______________________________________________________________________

    c) Who is Ishmael?

    _______________________________________________________________________

    2. Sequence the events below accordingly.

    Ishmael meets Starbuck.


    Starbuck and Captain Ahab fight.
    Ishmael and Queequeg get jobs on the Pequod.
    The whalers meet Captain Ahab.
    Ishmael goes to Nantucket.
    Ishmael finds a whaling ship.
    Ishmael meets Queequeg.

    Section B: Chapter 1

    1. Name the character based on the given statement.

    1 He had worked as a crew of a ship.


    2 He was very big and unattractive.
    3 He was an experienced whaler.
    4 It was white, whiter than the snow.
    5 He introduced Ishmael to Queequeg.
    6 He decided to change his job.

    2. Rearrange the events into sequence. The first one has been done for you.

    The barman put him up with Queequeg.

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    QUIZ [MOBY DICK: CHAPTER 1-3]

    He arrived at a bar on a cold, dark night asking for a room.


    He knew the nature of the job but he wanted to see whales.
    In November, he wanted to be a whaler.
    At first, Ishmael was afraid of Queequeg.
    The two became good friends.
    They started talking and exchanged their life stories.
    Ishmael was a sailor and loved life on the ocean. 1

    Section C: Chapter 2

    1. Write the names of the crew members of The Pequod.

    The captain a)
    First mate b)
    New whalers c) _______________________________
    d) _______________________________
    Cook assistant e)
    One of the captain’s men f)
    Other whalers g) _______________________________
    h) _______________________________
    i) _______________________________
    j) _______________________________

    2. Complete each of the sentences with suitable answers based on the story.

    a. Ishmael chose The Pequod based on its _______________________________ that


    showed its experience at sea.
    b. Starbuck told him about the ________________________ of being a whaler.
    c. The captain lost his leg to a ________________________.
    d. Queequeg was an ___________________________ harpooner.
    e. ________________________ was a stranger who warned Ishmael and Queequeg
    about Captain Ahab.
    f. The ship sailed on _______________________________.
    g. Captain Ahab did not meet his crew members but his __________________________
    could be heard below the ship.
    h. Ishmael met other whalers who came from different __________________________.

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    QUIZ [MOBY DICK: CHAPTER 1-3]

    Section D: Chapter 3

    Answer the following questions.

    1. Who is Captain Ahab?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    2. How long did he stay below the ship?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    3. Captain Ahab showed his men some gold. What was it for?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    4. What had caused Captain Ahab to suffer?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    5. Why did Starbuck disagree with Captain Ahab?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    6. What were the things that Captain Ahab associated with the ‘white’ colour?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    7. What did Pip hear?

    _________________________________________________________________________

    8. Do you think the gold can motivate the men?

    _________________________________________________________________________

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