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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Nautilus do several times before breaking into the open sea?
(a) turns around
(b) dives deeper
(c) picks up more and more speed
(d) strikes against the ice ceiling

2. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?
(a) No, he would not leave.
(b) He is not sure.
(c) He would jump at the chance.
(d) Only if Nemo would go with them.

3. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?
(a) and estimate of how it would be too expensive to make a machine like that
(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) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships

4. When the ship rights itself and rises to the surface, what is it position?
(a) wedged between two icebergs
(b) caught in a tunnel of ice filled with quiet water
(c) sitting on top of an iceberg
(d) turned around the wrong way

5. Why are Conseil, Ned Land, and Aronnax up on the platform?
(a) The are looking to see what happened.
(b) They are looking for an escape.
(c) They are cooling off.
(d) They are drinking in air.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Land react to the steward who comes into the room after he wakes up?

2. What nationalities does Aronnax guess the captors to be?

3. After falling from the Abraham Lincoln, what is Aronnax's condition?

4. When the Nautilus cannot move, how does Aronnax describe the situation?

5. What famous historical figure does Nemo discuss with Aronnax?

(see the answer key)

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