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