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MOBY DICK TRIVIA

1) Who is the narrator of Moby-Dick?


"Call me Ishmael."

2) Which character is a cannibal?


The son of a South Sea chieftain who left home to explore the world, Queequeg is the first principal character encountered by Ishmael. His primitive tribe practices cannibalism, in particular devouring the flesh of enemies slain in battle.

3) Why is Ahab obsessed with Moby Dick?


On a previous voyage, Moby-Dick bit off Ahab's leg at the knee and left him with a prosthesis fashioned from a whale's jawbone.

4) What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship?


The Pequod and her crew are central to the story, which takes place almost entirely aboard the ship during a three-year whaling expedition in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans.

5) What does Ahab offer to the first man who sights Moby Dick?


Ahab will give the first man to sight Moby Dick a doubloon, a gold coin, which he nails to the mast.

6) What does Daggoo mistake for the white whale?


Four boats are lowered in vain when Daggoo mistakes a giant squid for the white whale.

7) How many copies of Moby-Dick were sold during Melville's life?


About 3,200 copies were sold during the author's lifetime.

8) What is the name of Queequeg's idol?


Queequeg practices a form of animism using a small idol named Yojo, for whom he builds small ceremonial fires.

9) What was the original title of Moby-Dick?


The book was first published in London as The Whale.

10) At the New Bedford Whaleman's Chapel, Father Mapple preaches about which biblical figure?


Ishmael hears Mapple's sermon on the subject of Jonah, who was swallowed by a whale but did not turn against God.

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