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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. Who remains oblivious of Detective Fix through the most of the journey, including their stop in Singapore?

2. For what job does Fogg hire Passepartout?

3. Who does Aouda fall in love with?

4. How many sails are left up on the Tankadere to catch the wind?

5. What does the landlord recommend Fogg have for dinner at the train station in Bombay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fogg react to Aouda's growing affections toward him? Why?

2. How does Fogg react when he is told a typhoon is building in the China Sea? How does this speak to his character?

3. After all the excitement of rescuing Aouda, Fogg and his party are still able to able to arrive in Calcutta on time. How does Fogg feel about the progress they are making? Why is that significant?

4. What mix of emotions does Passepartout experience when he reaches Yokohama?

5. How does Fix respond to Fogg's kindness aboard the Tankadere? What is Fogg's response? Based on what you know of each character, are their responses a surprise?

6. Who is Sir Francis Cromarty, and how does he feel about Fogg?

7. What circumstance brings Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout together?

8. What ways do Fogg, Sir Francis, Passepartout, and their Parsee guide attempt to rescue Aouda? Who is able to successfully rescue her and why?

9. Who does Passepartout begin to suspect Fix represents? Why?

10. Passepartout's aggravation with delays in his master's journey have continued to build throughout the story. How does Passepartout react on the Rangoon, and how are his reactions different than Fogg's? Why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters does Jules Verne use to contrast Phileas Fogg's characteristics? What characteristics do those characters have that Fogg does not?

Essay Topic 2

Jules Verne uses a lot of symbolism in the story to create characters and compare situations between characters to larger issues. During the trip around the world, what does the developing relationship between Fogg and Aouda symbolize? What broader relationship does it parallel?

Essay Topic 3

Phileas Fogg is a British Imperialist. What does that mean? While in America, he must act as an American Imperialist while fighting the Sioux Indians. Why? What is the difference between the two ideologies?

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