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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 does Detective Fix ask the British Consul?

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

3. How do Fogg and the other men attempt to rescue Aouda at first?

4. How much is stolen from the bank?

5. What do Fogg and Aouda discover the morning they go to the dock to board the Carnatic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fix repeatedly hope for Fogg's journey to be delayed? How does he attempt to delay them?

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

3. What does Detective Fix divulge to Passepartout in the tavern? What does he do to Passepartout? Why?

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

5. What emotions are developing between Aouda and Fogg? How does each of them react?

6. 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?

7. In Suez, Detective Fix and the British Consul disagree about something. What do they disagree about and why?

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

9. What scene do Fogg, Passepartout, and Sir Francis come upon in the jungle? Why is it significant?

10. How does Fogg find passage out of Hong Kong? Where are they heading? What is significant about Fogg and Aouda leaving Hong Kong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Fogg has many adversaries throughout the novel. Who are they, and what challenge does each person represent?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Fix and Fogg evolve throughout the story? What does this mean for each character?

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