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Question 1

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what is symbolic of pip playing the tambourine?

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Question 2

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what request does ahab make of the carpenter

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Question 3

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what besides carpentry does the ship carpenter do

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Question 4

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what about ahab's habits was mysterious to the sailors on board the ship

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Question 5

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what injury does ahab sustain as a result of his fall

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Question 6

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what does starbuck say when ahab asks him if he will hunt the whale

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Question 7

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what are some anatomical features of moby dick seen by the sailors

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Question 8

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what is the significance of ahabs gathering his crew together to respond as a mass to his questions

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Question 9

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why does ahab choose to give up smoking his pipe

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Question 10

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what does ahabs reaction to stub reveal about his character

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Question 11

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what does stubbs "request" to ahab reveal about his sensibilities

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Question 12

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why does melville/ishmael delay the entrance of ahab until the third paragraph

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Question 13

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In chapter 10 what famous american is queequeg compared? why is this humorous?

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Question 14

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who does ishmael decide to join queequeg in his worship to the pagan god

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Question 15

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what is the pequod named after?

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Question 16

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why does ishmael refer to the pequod as the cannibal of a craft

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Question 17

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what additional information does elijah provide ishmael and queequeg with respect to captain ahab

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Question 18

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what is starbucks backstory

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Question 19

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what is stubbs attitude toward whaling

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Question 20

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why does melville emphasize stubbs pipe

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Question 21

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Flask

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Question 22

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tashtego

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Question 23

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Daggoo

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Question 24

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what important information does peleg provide ishmael and Queequeg with respect to captain ahab

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