Chapter 7 - The Chapel Quiz — Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

What building does Ishmael visit in Chapter 7?

• The Spouter-Inn tavern
• The Whaleman's Chapel
• The New Bedford courthouse
• The harbor lighthouse

What is displayed on the chapel walls that the congregation reads?

• Paintings of famous whale hunts
• Marble memorial tablets for whalemen who died at sea
• Biblical passages about the sea
• Maps of dangerous whaling grounds

According to the memorial tablets, how did the six crewmen of the ship Eliza die?

• Their ship sank in a hurricane
• They were towed out of sight by a whale
• They fell overboard during a storm
• They contracted a tropical disease

Why is Queequeg the only person who notices Ishmael enter the chapel?

• He is sitting nearest to the door
• He is the only one not asleep
• He cannot read, so he is not absorbed in the inscriptions
• He has been watching for Ishmael specifically

What does Melville compare faith to in Chapter 7?

• A lighthouse in a storm
• A jackal feeding among tombs
• An anchor holding firm in rough seas
• A candle flickering in the wind

What does Ishmael conclude about the relationship between body and soul?

• The body and soul are equally important parts of a person
• The body is the true substance and the soul is its shadow
• The body is merely the dregs of a better spiritual being
• The soul dies with the body when a person perishes

How does Ishmael describe the atmosphere among the worshippers in the chapel?

• They pray loudly together as a unified group
• They sit in muffled silence, each grief insular and apart
• They sing hymns to comfort one another
• They argue about the meaning of the inscriptions

What simile does Ishmael use for humans trying to understand spiritual matters?

• Like blind men feeling an elephant
• Like children gazing at the stars
• Like oysters observing the sun through water
• Like moths drawn to a flame

Did the chaplain deliver a sermon during Ishmael's visit to the chapel in Chapter 7?

Did Ishmael find Queequeg inside the Whaleman's Chapel?

In the context of this chapter, what does "insular" mean when Ishmael describes each grief as "insular and incommunicable"?

• Offensive and insulting
• Isolated and detached, like an island
• Intense and overwhelming
• Related to insurance or protection

What does "lees" mean when Ishmael says "my body is but the lees of my better being"?

• The protective covering of something
• The foundation or base of a structure
• The sediment or dregs at the bottom of wine
• The outer shell or husk of a seed

What does "stove" mean in "come a stove boat and stove body"?

• Heated or warmed by fire
• Smashed or broken in
• Preserved or stored away
• Steered or guided carefully