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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ceylon, where do they travel?
(a) the Andaman Sea
(b) near the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Onan
(c) the Bay of Bengal
(d) near the mouth of the Tigris River

2. What does Nemo do that surprises Aronnax?
(a) allows them to go hunting on an island
(b) permits them to stay on the platform alone
(c) lets them go out alone in the small boat
(d) invites them to a birthday party

3. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?
(a) a madman
(b) a misunderstood genius
(c) an American spy
(d) a figment of their imagination

4. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?
(a) the River Styx
(b) the Arabian Tunnel
(c) the Sargasso Stream
(d) the Gulf Stream

5. What are the strange words a man says to Aronnax on the platform?
(a) Lorsom novo barter est
(b) Bibbity bobbity boo
(c) Nautron respoc lorni virch
(d) Nautron batron varni lurch

6. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?
(a) that when they get back to France, everyone will laugh at them
(b) that he will die trying to save the life of his master
(c) that Aronnax will sign on for another trip
(d) that the monster will find them and sink the ship

7. What meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?
(a) a deer and two rabbits
(b) a giant turtle and a pelican
(c) an animal something like a hog and six rodents
(d) a few wild hens

8. What is the name of the vessel?
(a) the Intrepid
(b) the Nautilus
(c) the Challenger
(d) the Discoverer

9. What makes up the forest of Crespo?
(a) rock formations that look like a forest
(b) petrified trees
(c) large kelp plants
(d) underwater tree plants that stretch up to the top of the ocean

10. What makes Aronnax go get his telescope?
(a) He wants to see if there are any islands nearby.
(b) Nemo is using his and Aronnax does not want to bother him.
(c) Nemo and a lieutenant are looking at something he cannot see.
(d) Aronnax thinks he sees a pod of whales in the distance.

11. What is Aronnax's assigned room like?
(a) a large room with a bed, dressing table and other furniture
(b) a room with a view of the ocean
(c) a stark room just barely large enough for a bed
(d) a hastily converted pantry

12. What happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?
(a) The monster dives almost taking the ship down with it.
(b) Land misses and the monster disappears.
(c) The monster throws it back.
(d) The harpoon strikes on a hard surface.

13. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?
(a) over 3,000
(b) about 300
(c) exactly 30
(d) approximately 30,000

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

15. After speaking with Nemo the morning after the underwater walk, how long is Nemo absent?
(a) for two days
(b) for a fortnight
(c) for weeks
(d) for nine hours

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is professor Aronnax's conclusion about what the sightings are?

4. What animal does Ned harpoon along the Arabian coast?

5. How does Nemo propose to get them from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean?

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