At the beginning of the story, we meet the narrator, who tells the tale of Captain Ahab and the crew of his ship, the Pequod. Captain Ahab soon reveals the purpose of this voyage, which is to hunt down a white whale that injured him. Before long, the whale is sighted. As he tries unsuccessfully to capture the whale, Ahab is killed. Those who follow Ahab meet the same fate, and the Pequod is destroyed. The conflict has been resolved and order restored — at the expense of the Pequod, its crew, and its captain. At the end of the novel, the narrator explains how he lived to tell the tale.Which sentence describes the exposition of the story?A.At the end of the novel, the narrator explains how he lived to tell the tale.B.The conflict has been resolved and order restored — at the expense of the Pequod, its crew, and its captain.C.As he tries unsuccessfully to capture the whale, Ahab is killed.D.At the beginning of the story, we meet the narrator, who tells the tale of Captain Ahab and the crew of a ship, the Pequod.

of the story?A.At the end of the novel, the narrator explains how he lived to tell the tale.B.The conflict has been resolved and order restored — at the expense of the Pequod, its crew, and its captain.C.As he tries unsuccessfully to capture the whale, Ahab is killed.D.At the beginning of the story, we meet the narrator, who tells the tale of Captain Ahab and the crew of a ship, the Pequod.

The following text is adapted from Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby Dick; or The Whale. Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in some ________        , some  time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.

Select the correct answer.Read the adapted excerpt from Moby Dick by Herman Melville.In the year 1820, the ship Essex, run by Captain Pollard of Nantucket, was cruising in the Pacific Ocean. One day she saw spouts, lowered her boats, and gave chase to a shoal of sperm whales. Ere long, several of the whales were wounded; when, suddenly, a very large whale escaping from the boats, issued from the shoal, and bore directly down upon the ship. Dashing his forehead against her hull, he so crushed her in, that in less than “ten minutes” she settled down and fell over. Not a surviving plank of her has been seen since. After the severest exposure, part of the crew reached the land in their boats. Being returned home at last, Captain Pollard once more sailed for the Pacific in command of another ship, but was shipwrecked again upon unknown rocks and breakers; for the second time his ship was utterly lost, and forthwith forswearing the sea, he has never tempted it since.Which choice provides the best objective summary of the excerpt? A. Whaling ships sail at extreme risk. The Essex was lost at sea when it was viciously attacked by a whale. On another voyage, another ship ran into rocks and breakers. B. The Essex, while sailing in the Pacific, encounters a very large whale that destroys it. The captain, on a second voyage, loses another ship on unseen rocks and decides to stop going on sea voyages. C. Captain Pollard seems to have had the worst time at sea. First, he loses a ship to a whale crushing it, then he loses his second ship when it hits rocks. D. A large whale destroys the Essex in 1820. The captain survives and then is most unlucky when he also loses that ship on rocks.

The following text is from Herman Mellville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Ishmael, the novel's narrator, is describing his first encounter with the captain of his ship, Captain Ahab.Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck. There seemed no sign of common bodily illness about him, nor of the recovery from any. He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness. His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini’s cast Perseus. Threading its way out from among his grey hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark, lividly whitish. According to the text, what is true about Captain Ahab?Captain Ahab is a physically fit and attractive young man.eliminateCaptain Ahab is a sturdy, powerful man, despite his age and scars.eliminateCaptain Ahab does not seem fit to embark on a long sea voyage.eliminateCaptain Ahab is physically fit but mentally disturbed.

_______The character is the same at the end of the story as at the beginning