1 In the first stanza, what does the crew pull up from the ocean? A whale A drowned sailor A seal The flag of a sunken ship 2 Which of the following Greek mythological characters does not appear in the poem? Achilles Poseidon Odysseus Orpheus 3 Who says and repeats, "If God himself had not been on our side"? The pilgrims walking to Walsingham The Leviathans The Quaker sailors Jonas Messias 4 What make the speaker uneasy about the face of the Virgin Mary in Walsingham? Its paint is chipped It is expressionless It is too beautiful It reminds him of someone from his past 5 Which of the following characters does the speaker NOT address? Poseidon The Atlantic Jonas Messias The Sailor 6 In the last stanza, what does the speaker claim God made man from? Sea slime Clay from deep in the earth Marble His own flesh 7 Which creature, object, or element has claws in this poem? The statue of the Virgin Mary The white whale The "upward angel" The wind 8 Whom does the poem refer to as "IS"? Ishmael from Moby-Dick The whale The speaker God 9 "The Lord survives the ____ of his will." danger mutability cruelty rainbow 10 What do the "lubbers" try to catch? Blue-fish Eels Sea-gulls Whales 11 What happens to the red flag in the poem? It becomes the last surviving remnant of the ship it sank with It is shaken down from the mast by thunder It appears in Walsingham The speaker imagines himself tearing it down 12 Which of the following is untrue about the speaker's perception of the statue of the Virgin Mary? She seems to be on the verge of tears She appears too small for the altar She sits near, not on, the altar She and God share secret knowledge 13 Which of the following is the Atlantic NOT "fouled" with? Ships Fallen angels Heavy oil spills Blue sailors 14 Which of the following do the sea-gulls NOT do, according to the speaker? Tremble over Warren Winslow's death Wail for water Circle over remains Land on the mast of the Pequod 15 What cries out in sympathy for the injured whale? The wind The sea-gulls and terns The rattling crabs The Quakers' bones 16 To what does the speaker compare the pilgrims walking to Walsingham? The injured whale The Quakers The corpse from the beginning of the poem Cows 17 When the speaker says that the sailors of the Pequod were "Snatching at straws to sail," what is he trying to illustrate? their foolishness their bravery their loyalty their determination 18 What does the crew do with the body they pull up in the first stanza? They weigh him down and throw him back They search him for valuables They have difficulty disentangling him from the net They prepare a coffin so he can be taken to shore and properly buried 19 What two works does the phrase "the mast-lashed master of Leviathans" reference? Moby-Dick and the Odyssey Moby-Dick and the Bible The Odyssey and the Bible The Bible and Paradise Lost 20 What do the sea-gulls "wail" for? The dying whale The Quakers The speaker's cousin Water 21 What does the poem refer to as "open-eyed,/Wooden and childish"? The Quakers The faces of drowned soldiers The statue of the Virgin Mary Time 22 Which two characters does the speaker describe as having heavy eyelids? Poseidon and the "blue-lung'd combers" The whale and the Virgin Mary The Virgin Mary and the sea-gulls The sea-gulls and the terns 23 Generally, this poem criticizes those who attempt to dominate nature through whaling and other practices. True False 24 Where does the speaker beg Jonas Messias to hide "our steel"? In the ocean In his side Out of God's sight In the ash-pit of Jehoshaphat 25 What type of tree "splatters and splatters on the cenotaph"? Maple Oak Evergreen Pine