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What is a schooner

In it's nautical reference, this Americanismrefers toa sailing vessel with two or more masts.

It can also be a very tall glass for beer, or a glass for drinking sherry wine.

When used as "prairie schooner" it refers to a covered wagon (smaller than a Conestoga wagon), that was used by pioneers crossing the American continent in the 1800s.

Who was a former harpooner who became a minister

Father Mapple

What happened to Jonah

He was saved from the belly of a large fish. It says and I quote "Now the LORD has prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah."

WHAT did Ishmael call the men who lived on islands

Isolatoes

Who was the chief mate on the pequod

starbuck

Who was the prophet who warned Queequeg and Ishmael about sailing on the Pequod

Elijah

How did Queequeg leave his native land

He jumped aboard a whaling ship.

Which island was Queequeg from

Kokovoko

Who was the only whale author Ishmael described who was a real professional harpooneer and whaleman

Captin Scoresby was the only one who was a professional harpooner and whaleman.

Ishmael was a member of which religious denomination

presbyterian

How did most of the people in Nantucket make their living

fishing

What is the antonym and synonym for the word caption

synonyn is underline

What element of plot is this passage an example of

well, we need to know the passage so we can give an answer properly...

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