Moby Dick Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the whaling ship in Moby Dick?
(a) The Pequod
(b) The Rachel
(c) The Essex
(d) The Acushnet
2. Who is the narrator of Moby Dick?
(a) Ahab
(b) Ishmael
(c) Starbuck
(d) Queequeg
3. What is the name of the white whale that Ahab obsessively pursues?
(a) Moby Dick
(b) The White Whale
(c) The Great White
(d) Leviathan
4. What body part did Ahab lose in his previous encounter with Moby Dick?
(a) His arm
(b) His leg
(c) His eye
(d) His hand
5. What is the name of Ahab’s first mate, who often questions his captain’s sanity?
(a) Starbuck
(b) Flask
(c) Stubb
(d) Fedallah
6. What is the name of the harpooner from Kokovoko?
(a) Tashtego
(b) Queequeg
(c) Daggoo
(d) Fedallah
7. What is the name of the ship that seeks help from the Pequod?
(a) The Rachel
(b) The Essex
(c) The Acushnet
(d) The Delight
8. Who is the captain of the Rachel?
(a) Bildad
(b) Peleg
(c) Ahab
(d) Gardiner
9. What is the name of the whaling master who gives Father Mapple’s sermon?
(a) Bildad
(b) Peleg
(c) Ahab
(d) Father Mapple
10. What biblical figure does Father Mapple’s sermon focus on?
(a) Jonah
(b) Job
(c) Moses
(d) Noah
11. What does Ahab offer to the crew member who first spots Moby Dick?
(a) A gold doubloon
(b) A share of the profits
(c) A promotion to first mate
(d) A pardon for any past crimes
16. What is the name of the whaling ship that Ahab previously captained?
(a) The Pequod
(b) The Rachel
(c) The Essex
(d) The Bachelor
17. What is the name of the whaling ground where the Pequod encounters Moby Dick?
(a) The South Seas
(b) The Indian Ocean
(c) The Pacific Ocean
(d) The Arctic Ocean
18. What does Ahab make the crew swear to do upon seeing Moby Dick?
(a) To hunt him relentlessly
(b) To pray for his soul
(c) To abandon the chase
(d) To avenge Ahab’s lost leg
19. What happens to Pip, the young cabin boy?
(a) He is killed by Moby Dick
(b) He goes insane after being lost at sea
(c) He becomes a devout Christian
(d) He joins the crew of the Rachel
20. What happens to Ahab at the end of the novel?
(a) He kills Moby Dick
(b) He is killed by Moby Dick
(c) He is rescued by the Rachel
(d) He is driven mad and dies at sea
21. What happens to the Pequod at the end of the novel?
(a) It is sunk by Moby Dick
(b) It is abandoned by the crew
(c) It is captured by the Rachel
(d) It is sold for scrap
22. Who is the only survivor of the Pequod?
(a) Ahab
(b) Starbuck
(c) Ishmael
(d) Queequeg
23. What is the significance of the white whale in Moby Dick?
(a) It represents the forces of nature
(b) It represents the evil in humanity
(c) It represents the pursuit of revenge
(d) All of the above
24. Who is the author of the novel Moby-Dick?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) Charles Dickens
(c) Daniel Defoe
(d) Herman Melville
25. Who is the director of the film Moby Dick?
(a) John Huston
(b) James Cameron
(c) Robert Zemeckis
(d) Steven Spielberg
Moby Dick Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is the name of the whaling ship in Moby Dick?
(a) The Pequod
2. Who is the narrator of Moby Dick?
(b) Ishmael
3. What is the name of the white whale that Ahab obsessively pursues?
(a) Moby Dick
4. What body part did Ahab lose in his previous encounter with Moby Dick?
(b) His leg
5. What is the name of Ahab’s first mate, who often questions his captain’s sanity?
(a) Starbuck
6. What is the name of the harpooner from Kokovoko?
(b) Queequeg
7. What is the name of the ship that seeks help from the Pequod?
(a) The Rachel
8. Who is the captain of the Rachel?
(d) Gardiner
9. What is the name of the whaling master who gives Father Mapple’s sermon?
(d) Father Mapple
10. What biblical figure does Father Mapple’s sermon focus on?
(a) Jonah
11. What does Ahab offer to the crew member who first spots Moby Dick?
(a) A gold doubloon
16. What is the name of the whaling ship that Ahab previously captained?
(a) The Pequod
17. What is the name of the whaling ground where the Pequod encounters Moby Dick?
(c) The Pacific Ocean
18. What does Ahab make the crew swear to do upon seeing Moby Dick?
(a) To hunt him relentlessly
19. What happens to Pip, the young cabin boy?
(b) He goes insane after being lost at sea
20. What happens to Ahab at the end of the novel?
(b) He is killed by Moby Dick
21. What happens to the Pequod at the end of the novel?
(a) It is sunk by Moby Dick
22. Who is the only survivor of the Pequod?
(c) Ishmael
23. What is the significance of the white whale in Moby Dick?
(d) All of the above
24. Who is the author of the novel Moby-Dick?
(d) Herman Melville
25. Who is the director of the film Moby Dick?
(a) John Huston
