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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aronnax regret trying to escape from Nemo?
(a) He is a person of infinite interest to him.
(b) He cannot take his notes with him.
(c) He thinks he can help Nemo.
(d) He fears Nemo will come after them.

2. What does Nemo say he intends to do?
(a) to race the foreign ship
(b) to attack the foreign ship
(c) to submerge and hide the Nautilus
(d) to spy on the foreign ship

3. What does Aronnax wonder about Nemo's manuscript?
(a) If it is in the Sargasso Sea.
(b) If it got put into the water tight container.
(c) If Nemo had finished it.
(d) If it will ever be discovered.

4. What does Aronnax call the Gulf Stream?
(a) a fuel conserving blessing
(b) a river within the Atlantic
(c) an underwater steam bath
(d) a joy to behold

5. After the aborted escape attempt, what does Aronnax tell Land?
(a) where they are going next
(b) that he should try to get along with Nemo
(c) about Captain Nemo's treasures
(d) about how they can escape next time

6. Although the inactive volcano offers no means of escape, what does Ned Land find that cheers him up?
(a) large birds to kill and take back to the Nautilus
(b) a stash of rum left by pirates
(c) diamonds as big as his fist
(d) bees making honey

7. What hunch does Aronnax have that the sailors on the Nautilus are?
(a) People who are deathly afraid of Nemo.
(b) People who have renounced every tie that binds them to earth.
(c) Slaves who are owned by Nemo.
(d) People who owe money to Nemo.

8. What tragedy occurs before they defeat the giant squid?
(a) Ned Land loses his throwing arm.
(b) The viewing glass breaks so they have to close the panels.
(c) The Nautilus springs a leak.
(d) They lose a crew member to the squid.

9. How does Nemo avoid contact with a whaling ship that follows the Nautilus?
(a) by destroying it
(b) by firing a warning shot
(c) by submerging
(d) by outrunning it

10. What do Aronnax and Ned hear while out on the platform?
(a) waves crashing against the nautilus
(b) the sounds of sea birds
(c) gunshots that seem to be coming from a distant ship
(d) loud winds

11. How deep does the Nautilus have to descend to get away from the hurricane?
(a) more than twenty-five fathoms
(b) nearly 800 fathoms
(c) about 150 fathoms
(d) only eight fathoms

12. What has Conseil heard about giant squid?
(a) some are larger than the Nautilus
(b) some are known to take down ships
(c) some put out electric charges
(d) some have a great appetite for humans

13. What do the kelp and marine life create in the water of the Sargasso?
(a) a danger to the Nautilus
(b) a poisonous environment
(c) a mysterious seascape
(d) a strange color

14. What does Land say escaping at the speed they are traveling would be like?
(a) like jumping off a speeding train
(b) like falling from a tall building
(c) like running into a brick wall
(d) like diving without a mask

15. Where does the Nautilus pass the Antarctic circle?
(a) toward the mid Atlantic
(b) toward New Zealand
(c) toward Brazil
(d) toward Cape Horn

Short Answer Questions

1. After the destruction of the gun ship, which way is the Nautilus traveling?

2. What does Ned give Aronnax in the event he needs to commit suicide?

3. What does it appear Nemo is looking for?

4. What does the Nautilus do several times before breaking into the open sea?

5. What prevents an escape to American shores?

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