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QuizMultiple Choice

Writing Workshop: Evaluating Sources That Support a Claim — Unit test

Question 18 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B Credit Recovery 5 Credits

Which best explains why Melville begins Chapter 41 of Moby-Dick with a detailed description of the White Whale?

Answer
A
Melville begins the chapter with a description of the White Whale because he wants readers to sympathize with it.
B
Melville begins the chapters with a description of the White Whale so that readers can understand Ahab’s motivation to pursue it.
C
Melville begins the chapter with a description of the White Whale so that readers can understand the whale species.
D
Melville begins the chapter with a description of the White Whale because he wants readers to recognize its lack of intelligence.