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