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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?
(a) a giant sea spider
(b) a small shark
(c) a stingray
(d) an electric eel

2. How does Land react to the steward who comes into the room after he wakes up?
(a) Land is grateful to see a human face.
(b) Land is so angry he jumps him and starts to strangle him.
(c) Land is relieved to see another Canadian.
(d) Land smiles and asks a lot of questions.

3. What famous historical figure does Nemo discuss with Aronnax?
(a) Captain Kidd
(b) George Washington
(c) Captain Cook
(d) La Perouse

4. Why does Aronnax rule out the possibility of an individual creating the monster?
(a) It cannot be something mechanical.
(b) There is no precedent for such a machine.
(c) The thing would cost too much for a private party to make.
(d) One individual could not control something that large.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?

2. What does Nemo say do not exist in his undersea world?

3. Briefly describe Ned Land.

4. What do they see at the pearl grotto?

5. What do the men enjoy for lunch on the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Aronnax's first walk on the sea floor.

2. What does the U.S. government invite Aronnax to join?

3. Explain Captain Nemo's attitude toward the men on their first meeting.

4. Relate Aronnax's encounter with the strange man.

5. What do Aronnax and Farragut speculate about the monster?

6. Briefly detail the problem with the telescope.

7. What happens in the pearl fishing grounds of the Indian Ocean?

8. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

9. Describe how the three men are treated when they first come on board the Nautilus.

10. How are Aronnax and Conseil saved from drowning after falling off the Abraham Lincoln?

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