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Which best describes another comparison that Melville could have used to symbolize the rigid and unalterable character of Ahab in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick?
an uninhabited island
a full moon
a stone monument
a forest fire

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A stone monument.

Reason: a monument suggests permanence, immobility, and unchanging firmness—qualities that best match "rigid and unalterable." The full moon changes, a forest fire is dynamic and consuming, and an uninhabited island conveys isolation more than immutability.