Book: Moby Dick

List of activities for the reading of the course

As you know the book we have selected this course for 4th E,S,O is "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.

You must read a chapter each week and complete the set of questions and tasks for each chapter.

We have arranged Wednesdays to work on these activities. At the end of the twelve chapters and weeks you'll have to pass an exam on the books. You'll find a mock examm at the end of the activities

MOBY DICK by HERMAN MELVILLE

INTRODUCTION:

1-What literary genre is Moby Dick?

2-Who wrote Moby Dick? When?

3-Who is the narrator of Moby Dick?

4-What ship did Ishmael travel on?

5-Why did captain Ahab want to take revenge on Moby Dick?

CHAPTER 1: KWEE-KWEG

Characters:

1-Why did Ishmael decide to hunt whales?

2-Why did he choose a small, old-fashioned hotel?

3-What was peculiar about the hotel manager’s name?

4-What did the picture on a reception wall portray?

5-Why did he have to share a room with Kwee-Kweg?

6-Who was Kwee-Kweg?

7-What was Kwee-Kweg doing at that time?

8- What was Kwee-Kweg like?

9-What strange things did he do before getting into bed?

10-Why did Kwee-Kweg jump out of bed?

11-Why did Ishmael call Mr Coffin?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 2: THE PEQUOD
Characters:

1-What did Ishmael and Kwee-Keg have in common?

2-Why did they go to Nantucket the next morning?

3-Why is captain Ahab in bed?

4-What is the purpose of their next voyage?

5-How did Ishmael get the job on the ship?

6-Why did the sailors need to be strong and brave?

7-Why did they need so much equipment?

8-Had they seen Captain Ahab before they finally sailed?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 3: CAPTAIN AHAB APPEARS

Characters:

1-Why was Starbuck kínder and more careful than the other sailors?

2-What does the sentence  “ a man with no fear is much more dangerous than a man with fear”?

3-Why did he know that whales killed sailors?

4-When did the Pequod set off?

5-What was a special hole on deck for?

6-What did Ishmael wonder about Ahab’s scar?

7-How did the warm weather influence Ahab?

8-Why did Stubb suggest putting something on the bottom of Ahab’s leg?

9-What was Stubb’s decision after his strong argument with Ahab?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 4: THE FIRST WHALE HUNT

1-What did Captain Ahab promise the sailors?

2-Why would Ahab look for Moby Dick everywhere?

3-Why wasn’t Starbuck happy after Ahab’s promise?

4-Why did Ahab suffer so much after his fight with Moby Dick on his voyage back?

5-How could Ahab find Moby Dick?

6-Why did Ahab let the sailors hunt other whales?

7-What do sailors do when they see a whale?

8-Who were the men in Ahab’s boat?

9-Did Kwee´Kweg catch the whale?

10-Why did they fall into the water?

11-Why did Ishmael think they were going to die?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 5: FIGHTS WITH WHALES

Characters:

1-How did Ishmael survive after falling into the sea?

2-Why didn’t the rest of the crew Know the sailors who were in Ahab’s boat?

3-Why wasn’t the rest of the crew happy with these sailors?

4-What happened when they killed a whale and tied it to the side of the Pequod?

5-Why did the men cut the whale’s head?

6-Why did Ahab want to kill another whale?

7-Why was Ishmael nervous?

8-What happened to Captain Mayhew’s men when they tried to hunt Moby Dick?

9-What did Captain Mayhew advise Ahab to do?

10-What did Captain Mayhew predict when when Ahab didn’t accept his advice?

11-Why did Ahab want to find Moby Dick and kill him?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 6: LITTLE PIP

1-Why didn’t Little Pipe use to go in the harpoon boats?

2-Why did Stubb take Pip in his boat?

3-What advice did Stubb give Little Pip the first time he went in his boat?

4-What happned when a whale swam under the boat’

5-Why did a sailor cut the rope of the harpoon?

6-Why were the sailors angry?

7-What will happen next time he jumps from a boat according to Stubb?

8-How did Little Pip’s personality change when he wasn’t rescued after jumping again?

9-Why had he changed in Ishmael’s opinion?

10-Why didn’t the sailors protest or complain about Stubb’s decision?

11-What did Captain Ahab and Little Pip have in common?

12-Where did Little Pip start to live now?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 7: CAPTAIN BOOMER

Characters:

1-How did Captain Boomer prove that he had seen Moby Dick?

2-How did Captain Ahab ge ton the other ship?

3-How long ago and where did Captain Boomer see Moby Dick?

4-How did Ahab know that the whale Captain Boomer had harpooned was Moby Dick?

5-What trick did Moby Dick make to escape?

6-What did Moby Dick do with Captain Boomer’s boat?

7-What happened to Captain Boomer’s arm?

8-How did the surgeon save his life?

9-Why won’t Captain Boomer try to catch Moby Dick again?

10-Why didn’t Ahab follow Captain Boomer’s advice?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 8: KWEE-KWEG BECOMES SICK

1-What happened to Kwee-Kweg?

2-How did Ishmael feel?

3-What favor did Kwee-Kweg ask Ishmael to do?

4-What things did Kwee.Kweg put in the box?

5-What did Kwee.Kweg hold when he lay in the box?

6-What strange thing did Little Pip ask Kwee-Kweg to do when he died?

7-What was old Pip like accordinh to Little Pip?

8-Why did Kwee-Kweg recover?

9-What can kill Kwee-Kweg?

10-What did he do with the box afterwards?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 9: THE PEQUOD MEETS THE RACHEL

1-Why did Starbuck have a bad feeling when he saw the ship Rachel approaching?

2-What was the usual question Ahab asked all the ships he met?

3-When did the sailors on the Rachel see Moby Dick?

4-What did the captain of the Rachel ask Ahab to do?

5-Who was on the missing boat?

6-What did the captain of the Rachel offer Ahab if he helped him?

7-Why didn’t Ahab want to help him?

8-Why were all the silors on the Pequod surprised?

9-Why did Captain Ahab spend all the time on deck and didn’t want to go to his cabin?:

10-Why did he climb to the top of the ship?

11-Why did Ahab say that the Spanish gold coin was his the following morning?

Summary:

Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 10: AHAB’S BATTLE WITH THE WHALE

1-What did Ishmael think when he saw Moby Dick’s entire body?

2-What did the sailors feel when they saw see birds flying round Ahab’s boat?

3-What did Ahab do when one of the whale’s teeth caught on the side of the boat?

4-Why did Ahab and his men fall into the water?

5-Why did Ishmael think that Ahab and his men were going to die?

6-How did Starbuck save them?

7-Were any men killed?

8-What did Ahab order his men?

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Vocabulary:

CHAPTER 11: THE SECOND BATTLE

1-What happened to Ahab’s broken boat?

2-How do sailors know the direction a whale is following?

3-What was every sailor prepared to do?

4-What did Ahab order Starbuck?

5-Why did Ishmael and the other men fall into the water?

6-What happened to Ahab’s boat?

7-What happened to Ahab’s artificial leg?

8-Why were they all sorry for Fedallah?

9-What did Starbuck want to do?

10-What was their destiny according to Ahab?

11-What did all of them do all night long?

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CHAPTER 12: THE FINAL BATTLE

1-What did Captain Ahab tell his ship?

2-What does Ahab sense about his next fight against Moby Dick?

3-Why did Ahab shake Starbuck’s hand?

4-What did Starbuck ask Ahab?

5-What did the men see on Moby Dick’s back?

6-What did Ahab shout?

7-What did Ahab shout at Starbuck?

8-What happened when Moby Dick hit the ship with all its strength?

9-What happened when Ahab threw one more harpoon into the whale?

10-Who were the only living creatures when the ship sank?

11-How did Ishmael survive?

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TIPS FOR THE EXAM

1-Write about these characters:

2-Answer these questions:

3-Write these sentences in English:

4-Situate this picture within the story:

5-Personal opinion. Information about the author.

Mock EXAM ON “MOBY DICK”

1)Write what you know about the following characters: (2 marks)

1-Ishmael:

2-Kwee-Kweg:

3-Captain Ahab:

4-The Pequod:

5-Moby Dick:

6-Starbuck:

7-Stubb:

8-Little Pip:

9-Captain Boomer:

10-Captain of The Rachel:

2)Answer these questions about the book: (2 marks)

1-Why does Ishmael want to hunt whales?

2-Why has Ahab gota n artificial leg?

3-Why does Ahab want to catch and kill Moby Dick?

4-What sort of weapon do sailors use to hunt whales?

5-Why didn’t Little Pip use to go into the harpoon boats?

6-Why did the carpenter make a wooden box?

7-Why was Captain Boomer angry and disappointed with Ahab?

8-Why was Moby Dick so famous?

9-How did Ahab get the Spanish gold coin?

10-How did Ishmael survive?

3)Write these sentences in English: (2 marks)

1-Había dientes de ballena y huesos a los lados del barco porque los marineros son supersticiosos.

2-Su bote golpeó una roca y volcó.

3-Moby Dick golpeó a un marinero con su cola y lo lanzó a 20 metros.

4-Moby Dick es la ballena más peligrosa que he visto en mi vida.

5-Ahab quería vengarse de la ballena.

6-Si un marinero no obedece órdenes, un oficial le castigará.

7-El cirujano salvó su vida cortando su brazo porque no había otra solución.

8-Nuestro destino es cazar esta ballena hasta que la matemos o nos mate.

9-Moby Dick destruyó el barco y todos los hombres cayeron al mar.

10-Las únicas criaturas vivas, aparte de mí, eran los pájaros.

4)Situate this picture within the story: (2 marks)

5)Write your personal opinion of the story. Add information about the author. (2 marks)