“…Beelzebub himself might climb up the side and step down into the cabin to chat with the captain, and it …

Why is Stubb amazed by Ahab’s performance during the first hunt? Why did Ahab go to the trouble of smuggling …

Who throws the first iron of the voyage, and to what result? How are Starbuck and his crew finally found …

What position does Fedallah have when the boats are lowered? What is the second masthead that Flask stands on? After …

Where have we seen signs of the five “phantoms” before they appear on deck? (Pg. 181) Why do Fedallah and …

Why does Ishmael consider it wise for Ahab to keep the crew busy hunting other whales when they could have …

  What leads Ahab to believe that he can find one single whale within the while world to search? How …

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What, according to Ishmael, gave Ahab the will to recover? Find an example of hyperbole on page 155. What happened …

What, according to Ishmael, is Moby Dick’s most telling trait? What traits do the theories of Olassen, Povelson, and Cuvier …