Chapter 106 - Ahab's Leg Quiz — Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

by Herman Melville

Comprehension Quiz: Chapter 106 - Ahab's Leg

What ship had Ahab just departed from when his ivory leg was damaged?

  • The Town-Ho
  • The Samuel Enderby
  • The Jeroboam
  • The Rachel

What happened to Ahab's ivory leg when he returned to the Pequod?

  • It shattered completely
  • It received further twisting and wrenching
  • It fell into the sea
  • It was replaced immediately

What complaint did Ahab have about the steersman?

  • He was sleeping at the wheel
  • He was not steering inflexibly enough
  • He was steering too far north
  • He refused to follow orders

What secret injury did Ahab suffer before the Pequod sailed?

  • He fell from the mast and broke his arm
  • His ivory leg displaced and nearly pierced his groin
  • He was attacked by a whale in the harbor
  • He was burned by the ship's forge

What term is used to describe Ahab's period of seclusion?

  • Monk-like withdrawal
  • Grand-Lama-like exclusiveness
  • Hermit-like isolation
  • Pope-like retirement

Who had offered an inadequate explanation for Ahab's seclusion?

  • Starbuck
  • Ishmael
  • Captain Peleg
  • Father Mapple

According to Ahab, what is the relationship between grief and joy?

  • They are equal in duration
  • Joy always triumphs over grief
  • Grief's ancestry and posterity go further than joy's
  • They alternate in equal measure

What animal comparison does Ahab use for the perpetuation of suffering?

  • A wolf hunting prey
  • A poisonous reptile perpetuating its kind
  • A spider weaving its web
  • A vulture circling the dead

What does Ahab conclude about the gods?

  • They are indifferent to human suffering
  • They are not forever glad
  • They punish the wicked
  • They reward the faithful

Who does Ahab call to make the new leg?

  • The blacksmith
  • The carpenter
  • Starbuck
  • Queequeg

What material is to be used for the new leg?

  • Oak wood
  • Iron
  • Sperm whale jaw-ivory
  • Baleen

By when must the carpenter complete the new leg?

  • Within a week
  • By the next morning
  • That night
  • Before they reach the next port

What does Ahab call the "ineffaceable, sad birth-mark in the brow of man"?

  • The mark of original sin
  • The stamp of sorrow in the signers
  • The curse of mortality
  • The seal of divine punishment

Why did those close to Ahab conceal his pre-voyage injury?

  • They feared Ahab would be deemed unfit to captain
  • The injury invested itself with supernatural terrors
  • They were ordered to by the ship's owners
  • They did not want to worry Ahab's family

Who is commanded to forge the iron fittings for the new leg?

  • The carpenter
  • The blacksmith
  • Stubb
  • Flask

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