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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 evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?

2. Why does Nemo take Aronnax to the sailors' quarters to see if he can do anything?

3. What do the three men do on the island?

4. Where was the Nautilus assembled?

5. How does Nemo describe himself to Aronnax, Conseil, and Land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aronnax observe that explains Nemo's vast wealth?

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

3. How is the pearl seen differently by different people?

4. What are some of the fantastic ideas about the monster and how does it captivate the public?

5. Describe why Ned interrupts Aronnax's reading and what he shows him.

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

7. What is the exciting thing that happens as they return for the island of Crespo?

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

9. Describe the tone of the novel as the story begins.

10. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

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 on the comparison of a book to a movie adaptation. After watching the movie, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, evaluate how closely the film version adheres to the novel. Include reasons that screenplays are limited in what they can depict on the screen.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on scientific deduction versus practical experience. As a starting point refer to Aronnax's calculations that cause him to conclude the goal they are looking for is probably a large deep sea animal versus Ned Land's practical experience that makes him sure it is not some kind of creature.

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