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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 17 | Part 1 Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.
(a) He writes out his last will and testament.
(b) He goes to the library to read up on sea monsters.
(c) He telegraphs France to say he will be staying longer.
(d) The first thing he does is to contact his trusted servant of ten years, Conseil, a Flemish boy age thirty.

2. What does Aronnax fear about the heavy air in the room where they are?
(a) The people are trying to kill them.
(b) The oxygen in the room has been depleted.
(c) The room is filling up with water.
(d) The walls are closing in.

3. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?
(a) a bottle of rum for the frist person to spot it
(b) a write up in the newspapers about the person who spots it
(c) a promotion to ensign for the first person to spot it
(d) a $2,000 reward to the first person on the frigate who spots it

4. Briefly describe Ned Land.
(a) He is a Canadian scientist who disbelieves the whole thing.
(b) He is a Frenchman only on board to translate for Aronnax.
(c) He is Conseil's cousin conscripted for the trip.
(d) Land is a Canadian who speaks French with Aronnax. He has been a seaman all his life and has many interesting tales about his adventures.

5. Where was the Nautilus assembled?
(a) in the Bermuda Triangle
(b) a warehouse in the south of France
(c) off the coast of Africa
(d) workshops on desert islands in the ocean

Short Answer Questions

1. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?

2. What does Aronnax insist they thought they were hunting and attacking?

3. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?

4. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?

5. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?

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