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QuizMultiple Choice

Choosing Vocabulary — Unit test

Question 25 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A

Read the excerpt from Chapter 41 of Moby-Dick.The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung.What theme of the novel does this excerpt best address?

Answer
A
nature’s indifference to humankind
B
humankind’s indifference to nature
C
the self-destructive nature of obsession
D
the personal empowerment that comes from obsession