Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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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. What is the first view from the surface Aronnax enjoys with Captain Nemo?
(a) the Japanese coastline
(b) the California coastline
(c) the Hawaiian Islands
(d) the Philippines

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

3. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?
(a) by heating the water outside the ship
(b) by manipulating the amount of water in its reserves
(c) by powerful motors
(d) by pumping air in from the surface

4. What does Nemo say do not exist in his undersea world?
(a) women or children
(b) money or banks
(c) hunger or cold
(d) unjust laws or wars

5. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?
(a) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships
(b) some fuzzy photos taken by people who have spotted it
(c) a long scientific explanation on water pressure on various size animals at various depths of the sea
(d) and estimate of how it would be too expensive to make a machine like that

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long do Conseil and Ned think they have been asleep when they finally wake up?

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

4. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?

5. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?

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