Chapter 43 - Hark! Quiz — Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
by Herman Melville
Comprehension Quiz: Chapter 43 - Hark!
What time of day does Chapter 43 take place?
- The morning watch at dawn
- The middle-watch under moonlight
- The afternoon dog watch
- The first watch at sunset
What are the sailors doing when Archy hears the noise?
- Scrubbing the deck
- Passing buckets to fill the scuttle-butt
- Repairing the sails
- Lowering the whale boats
Why are the sailors careful not to speak or rustle their feet?
- They are afraid of waking Captain Ahab
- They are standing on the hallowed quarter-deck
- They are trying to listen for whales
- They are hiding from a storm
What is Cabaco's nationality or ethnic background?
- He is a Native American
- He is a Cholo (mixed Indigenous and Spanish descent)
- He is a Polynesian islander
- He is an Englishman
What does Archy first describe hearing from under the hatches?
- Footsteps pacing back and forth
- A cough
- Voices speaking in a foreign language
- Hammering and banging sounds
How does Cabaco explain the sounds Archy hears?
- He says it is rats in the hold
- He says it is the three soaked biscuits Archy ate turning over inside him
- He says it is the wind blowing through the hatches
- He says it is the ship's timbers creaking
What joke does Cabaco make to mock Archy's sharp hearing?
- That Archy once heard a whale breathing from a hundred leagues away
- That Archy heard the hum of an old Quakeress's knitting-needles fifty miles at sea
- That Archy could hear fish swimming beneath the hull
- That Archy mistook his own heartbeat for drums
What does Archy suspect about the sounds from the after-hold?
- That the ship is haunted by a ghost
- That a whale is trapped beneath the hull
- That someone is hiding there who has not been seen on deck
- That cargo has shifted and is about to damage the ship
What nickname does Archy use to refer to Captain Ahab?
- The Old Man
- Our old Mogul
- The Commodore
- King Ahab
Which two officers does Archy say he overheard discussing the hidden presence?
- Ahab and Starbuck
- Stubb and Flask
- Starbuck and Stubb
- Flask and Queequeg
What is the scuttle-butt that the crew is refilling?
- A cannon mounted at the stern
- A cask of drinking water near the taffrail
- A storage locker for navigation tools
- A lifeboat secured to the deck
What is the primary literary device used in Chapter 43?
- Allegory
- Foreshadowing
- Flashback
- Irony
Who are the hidden people actually making the sounds Archy hears?
- Escaped prisoners from Nantucket
- Fedallah and Ahab's secret boat crew
- Rival whalers who snuck aboard
- Stowaways fleeing debt collectors
What is Cabaco's final line in the chapter?
- "Grin away; we'll see what turns up."
- "Cough be damned! Pass along that return bucket."
- "Tish! the bucket!"
- "Aye, you are the chap, ain't ye?"
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