Hawthorne & Melville Flashcards
In “The Chase - Third Day”, which of the following is not one of the omens of disaster?
Ahab nailing a gold coin to the mast
What does theses probably symbolize in this final sentence from the selection?
“Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it had rolled five thousand years ago.”
Natures power over humanity
What is the chief significance of Ahab’s being drowned by his own harpoon line?
It stresses the idea that obsession and vengefulness and self destructiveness
Ahab’s rambling monologues show that he is
Single minded
Which of these choices lists characters from Moby Dick in descending rank?
Ahab-Starbuck-Stubb-Ishmael
What does Stubb mean when he says of Ahab “the chick that’s in him pecks the shell, twill soon be out”?
Something is bothering Ahab and will soon drive him too action
Which of these aspects of nature does the white whale not symbolize
Spiritual comfort
Which detail listed in the choices below most clearly suggests that Ahab’s footprints are a symbol in the following passage
The comparison relating them to the “the footprints of his one unsleeping, ever pacing thought.”
The white whale against whom Ahab seeks vengeance
Caused Ahab to lose his leg in a previous encounter
Melville’s deepest philosophical concern is with the
Nature of evil
To Ahab’s mind, Moby Dick symbolizes a wall that
Must be broken through to reach the truth behind it
What positive effect does the veil have?
Parson hooper is able to convert more sinners
The narrator implies that in wearing the veil, the minister
Performs a symbolic act
When is the veil removed?
Never
Based on this story, how would you describe Hawthorne’s view of human nature
Pessimistic
Which statement expresses a central theme of the story
People are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves
Based on the rest of the story what can you infer about the following passage
Each person hides his or her darkest secrets
The ministers black veil is a parable, which means that characters, events, and details of the settings
Are simplified to teach a moral lesson
Ahab nailing a gold coin to the mast is NOT one of the omens of disaster
True
Ahab succeeds in killing Moby Dick
False
Starbuck says that Ahab has a heart wrought of steel when he orders the lowering of the boat among the hungry sharks
True
The bad omen that Starbuck observes is the hawk pecking at the red flag
True
On the third day of the chase, the Pequod sails into a lot of sharks
True
After Ahab’s death, the Pequod sails back to Nantucket
False
Ahab dies when he is caught in the harpoon line and dragged into the sea by the whale
True
The true purpose of the voyage is to hunt and kill Moby Dick
True
Tatshego is the sailor to identify the white whale by name
True
Ahab offers a Spanish gold coin to the sailor who first sights Moby Dick
True
Starbuck objects to Ahab’s announcement by claiming that his business is to hunt whales, not the captains vengeance
True
To Ahab, moby dick is merely a dumb animal
False
Tatshego is one of the harpooners
True
Starbuck is Ahab’s most outspoken supporter
False
Melville dedicated Moby Dick to Dickinson
False
Melville was concerned with the origin and nature of evil itself
True
Melville came from a Calvinist background which was similar to Puritanism
True
In Moby Dick good and evil are not linked
False
Melville was most popular when he wrote simple adventure stories
True
Hawthorne wrote from the Puritan view of human goodness
False
Hawthorne was Melville’s mentor
True
Hawthorne had a Puritan imagination and a dark view of human nature and mathematics
False
Hawthorne’s writings contain the theme of sin and the guilt that is a result
True
Anti transcendentalist criticized transcendental philosophy for refusing to account for the active presence of evil in the world
True
Two authors against transcendentalism were Hawthorne and Thoreau
False
