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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?

2. What do they see off the coast of Ceylon?

3. What is the shape of the Nautilus?

4. Through what do they pass to get outside the submerged Nautilus?

5. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Tell about the first thing Captain Nemo allows Aronnax to see on the Nautilus.

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

3. What is the unexpected pleasure Nemo gives the three captives near the island of Gilboa?

4. From the small submarine, tell what Aronnax observes in an underwater cemetery.

5. Explain the situation after the three men eat and fall asleep.

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

7. Explain the different opinions Conseil and Aronnax have about Nemo.

8. What does the captain of the Monroe whaling boat request of Captain Farragut?

9. Describe the men's first view of the undersea world.

10. Who is the narrator of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how biases affect behavior. Use as an example Nemo's attitude toward conservation as contrasted by his destruction of the cachalots and the savages who attack the Nautilus. Compare those things to the near annihilation of the wolf and events like ethnic cleansing.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how plans often do not work out. Use the many escape plans of Ned Land that never came to fruition. Discuss how this is often true in real life that plans do not work out the way they were conceived.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about vicarious thrills. Include examples in you essay where you joined in some dangerous or exciting event through reading without risking you life. Explain how readers can enjoy more things in books than they could ever experience in real life.

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