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This obsessed sea captain commands the Pequod and hunts a legendary white whale.
- Captain Bildad
- Captain Ahab
- Captain Peleg
- Captain Boomer
This massive white sperm whale serves as the novel's title character.
- Leviathan
- The White Devil
- Moby Dick
- Old Thunder
This whaling ship serves as the primary setting for most of the novel.
- The Pequod
- The Rachel
- The Bachelor
- The Jeroboam
This tattooed Pacific Islander becomes Ishmael's close friend and shares a bed with him at the Spouter-Inn.
- Tashtego
- Daggoo
- Fedallah
- Queequeg
This American author wrote Moby-Dick, which was published in 1851.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Herman Melville
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Washington Irving
This body part was bitten off by Moby Dick, fueling Captain Ahab's vengeful obsession.
- His arm
- His hand
- His leg
- His eye
This Massachusetts island serves as the home port of the Pequod and was a famous real-world whaling center.
- Nantucket
- Martha's Vineyard
- Cape Cod
- Block Island
This industry provides the economic purpose of the Pequod's voyage before Ahab's obsession takes over.
- Fishing
- Trading
- Exploring
- Whaling
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