Chapter 13 - Wheelbarrow Quiz — Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

What do Ishmael and Queequeg use to carry their belongings to the schooner?

• A horse-drawn cart
• A wheelbarrow
• A hand truck
• A canvas sack on their backs

What is the name of the schooner bound for Nantucket?

• The Pequod
• The Moss
• The Rachel
• The Acushnet

What did the Western sea captain do at the Rokovoko wedding feast?

• He refused to eat the food
• He washed his hands in the punch bowl
• He sat in the King's seat
• He insulted the High Priest

Why does Queequeg carry his own harpoon ashore?

• He cannot afford to buy a new one
• He has a particular affection for it from many mortal combats
• The whaling ships require sailors to bring their own
• It was a gift from his father the King

What causes the boom to swing dangerously across the deck?

• A sudden storm
• The weather-sheet parting under strain
• Queequeg accidentally cutting a rope
• The captain's navigational error

How does Queequeg secure the swinging boom?

• He grabs it with his bare hands
• He ties a rope between the bulwarks and the boom like a lasso
• He cuts the main-sail down
• He orders the crew to hold it together

What does Queequeg compare the mocking bumpkin to?

• A barnacle
• A small fish
• A young colt
• A whitewashed negro

True or False: Queequeg dives into the freezing water to rescue the bumpkin who had been mocking him.

True or False: The captain of the Moss rewards Queequeg with a medal after the rescue.

In context, what does "verdure" most likely mean when Melville says the bumpkins "must have come from the heart and centre of all verdure"?

• Courage and bravery
• Lush greenness; figuratively, inexperience
• Wealthy society
• Maritime tradition

What does "magnanimity" mean as used in the phrase "the magnanimity of the sea which will permit no records"?

• Enormous size
• Generosity and nobility of spirit
• Dangerous unpredictability
• Ancient power

In nautical terms, what are "bulwarks"?

• The masts of a ship
• The solid sides of a ship above the deck
• The anchor chains
• The rudder assembly