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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 13 | Part 1 Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) a long scientific explanation on water pressure on various size animals at various depths of the sea
(c) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships
(d) some fuzzy photos taken by people who have spotted it

2. After falling from the Abraham Lincoln, what is Aronnax's condition?
(a) standing on the back of the monster
(b) struggling to remove his clothes
(c) holding onto a life preserver
(d) nearly freezing and about to drown

3. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?
(a) Captain Farragut announces they will search only three more days.
(b) The captain decides to do a stopover in Rio, Brazil.
(c) Farragut decides to retrace their path to see if they missed anything.
(d) The captain decides to try the waters of the antarctic.

4. How does Nemo describe himself to Aronnax, Conseil, and Land?
(a) as a great inventor and benefactor of lost sailors
(b) as a man who has been longing for English speaking company
(c) as a man who has broken all ties that bound him to humankind
(d) as a man on a mission to save the whales

5. Who are the two people on board who are not enthusiastic about the search?
(a) The two newspaper reporters are not happy to be on board.
(b) Aronnax and Conseill are fearful about being on board.
(c) Neither Conseil nor Ned Land are excited to be on board.
(d) Capt. Farragut and his frist mate are not happy with the assignment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?

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

4. Looking through the glass port, what does Ned Land have to admit about the view of the ocean?

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

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