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 * Moby Dick Questions Chapters 71, 87, 93, 100**

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Chapter 71 – The Jeroboam’s Story

The Pequod meets up with another ship called the Jeroboam. Why does the captain of the Jeroboam refuse to board the Pequod?

Briefly recount the story that Captain Mayhew of the Jeroboam tells about Moby Dick.

One of the crewmembers of the Jeroboam is an odd self-proclaimed prophet named Gabriel? How does Gabriel respond to Ahab when Ahab announces his intentions to hunt Moby Dick?

Chapter 87: The Grand Armada

While in the straits of Sunda near Indonesia, the Pequod encounters a great herd of sperm whales swimming in a circle (the “Grand Armada”), but, as the ship chases the whales, what do the whales do to try to prevent being harpooned and killed.

While the crew is pursuing the whales, they too are being pursued by what?

Chapter 93: The Castaway

Why is Pip, the Pequod’s cabin boy, is drafted to be an oarsman in Stubb’s harpoon boat.

What does Pip do his second time out when a whale raps the bottom of the boat beneath his seat?

Why are Pip’s boat mates angry at him?

What does Stubb do to teach Pip a lesson?

Chapter 100: Leg and Arm: The Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London

The Pequod meets the Samuel Enderby, a whaling ship from London. What does Captain Boomer have in common with Captain Ahab?

In what significant way are Captain Boomer’s views different from Captain Ahab’s views?