Moby-Dick; or, The Whale chronicles the strange journey of an ordinary seaman named Ishmael who signs on for a whaling voyage in 1840s Massachusetts. Take this quiz to see if you can remember the basic plot of Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick.
Call me Ishmael
I was born
In the beginning
Maine
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Ahab
Tipegu
Queequeg
Pequod
Fairfield
Pasquit
Ahab
Ishmael
Pequod
Mutara
Pequit
Moby Dick
Doom for anyone who threatens Moby Dick
That Ahab will get the whale
That they will never see the whale
The same as Captain Ahabs.
He is just happy to have escaped and can't understand Captain Ahab's quest for revenge.
He has no feelings towards Moby Dick.
Captain Ahab spots the whale.
Captain Ahab finally sees reason and turns back.
The crew, fearing for their safety, kill Ahab.
Ahab is then caught in a harpoon line and hurled out of his harpoon boat to his death. The boat sinks, and only Ishmael survives.
Captain Ahab kills Moby Dick, but in doing so, sinks the boat and they all drown.
They kill Moby Dick and return to their homes.