What is the title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken?

Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space.Almost simultaneously, with a mighty volition of ungraduated, instantaneous swiftness, the White Whale darted through the weltering sea. But when Ahab cried out to the steersman to take new turns with the line, and hold it so; and commanded the crew to turn round on their seats, and tow the boat up to the mark; the moment the treacherous line felt that double strain and tug, it snapped in the empty air! 
What is the title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken? Who is the author?
【正确答案】：

MOBY-DICK／THE WHITE WHALE.MELVILLE

【题目解析】：节选自《白鲸》，作者麦尔维尔。