literature medium MCQ

The novel 'Moby-Dick', which details Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for the white whale, was written by:

  1. Nathaniel Hawthorne
  2. Herman Melville
  3. Edgar Allan Poe
  4. James Fenimore Cooper

Answer: Herman Melville

Herman Melville published 'Moby-Dick' in 1851. Although initially a commercial failure, it is now recognized as a Great American Novel.

Topic World Literature - Classics
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