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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 way does Passepartout choose to get money for breakfast?
(a) He sells his European clothes and buys less expensive Japanese clothes.
(b) He seeks help from the French consulate.
(c) He asks for work in the tea house in exchange for his meal.
(d) He places a wager on a game of whist.

2. What does Passepartout discover on his errand?
(a) They arrived on Saturday, not Sunday.
(b) The men at the Reform Club had no intention of honoring the wager.
(c) It is actually Monday.
(d) Fogg was presumed dead.

3. Who does Passepartout thrash on deck of the steamer?
(a) Captain Bunsby.
(b) Detective Fix.
(c) Another passenger.
(d) Phileas Fogg.

4. How has the public opinion of Phileas Fogg changed since the real bank robber was arrested?
(a) All of these.
(b) People see him as eccentric.
(c) People look on him favorably.
(d) People wonder about his progress.

5. When did Fogg make it half way around the world?
(a) Day 51.
(b) Day 53.
(c) Day 54.
(d) Day 52.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accomodations does the cross country train have that Fogg and his party take?

2. How many passengers from the train are rescued?

3. Who must be restrained when Fogg is arrested?

4. What time does Fogg go to speak with Aouda?

5. Who is the only one in the party who remains calm during all the delays in the journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Passepartout learn about polygamy, and how does he feel about Mormon women?

2. What does the culmination of the relationship between Aouda and Fogg represent?

3. How does Fogg react to the train passenger's disappearance? What does this say about the changes in his character?

4. When Fix sees Fogg and Aouda in San Francisco, he acts as though he has not seen them since Yokohama. Why? How does he resolve this issue?

5. What event disrupts both Fogg and Colonel Proctor's business and Fogg's journey? What happens as a result?

6. Fogg does an extremely good job solving the travel obstacles throughout his journey. How does he solve the issue of missing the steamer in New York?

7. How is it possible Fogg and Passepartout arrived back in London with 24 hours to spare and neither of them knew it? Did Jules Verne give any indication this could happen?

8. What way does Passepartout consider earning money for breakfast in Yokohama? What way does he decide to earn the money?

9. Why do Passepartout and Fix engage Fogg in a game of whist on the train in America?

10. Why is the train crossing America stopped a second time? What decision is made? What does this mean for Fogg?

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