10. what finally happens to captain ahab?
a he is caught in a harpoon rope and dragged underwater by moby dic*.
b he drowns when the smaller whaling boat is capsized by moby-dic*.
c he goes down with the pequod when it is sunk by moby-dic*.
d he sees his ship sink and his entire crew die because of his madness.

A He is caught in a harpoon rope and dragged underwater by Moby Dic*

Explanation:

Captain Ahab is a one-legged captain of the whaling ship Pequod. He seeks revenge on the white whale that bit off his leg during the previous voyage. Filled with hatred, Ahab is finally tangled up in a harpoon line and dragged to the bottom of the sea by Moby. The whale sinks the ship and the whole crew dies except for Ishmael. Ahab dies because he let his hatred prevail, which prevented him from being cautious and thinking rationally.

●intensive purposes is the correct answer

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.