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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. Where does Detective Fix spend most of the first part of the journey to Hong Kong?
2. What option does the judge grant Fogg and Passepartout?
3. What does Detective Fix request from London to be waiting for him in Bombay?
4. What is the name of the Aouda's cousin that she plans to stay with in Hong Kong?
5. What is the name of the elephant Fogg and the other men take to Calcutta?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout. How are the two different?
2. What does Passepartout learn when he goes to purchase tickets for the Carnatic? What happens to Passepartout, and how does this impact the journey?
3. What does Detective Fix divulge to Passepartout in the tavern? What does he do to Passepartout? Why?
4. Why are Fogg and his traveling party stopped in Calcutta by a policeman? How does Fogg handle the situation? What doesn't the party know about this misfortune?
5. Fogg and Passepartout take different approaches to their journey in the beginning. How do each of them feel about the places they visit in India?
6. Fix has boarded the Rangoon along with Fogg and his party. Why does Fix seek out Passepartout on board, and how does Passepartout react? Why?
7. How does Fogg react when he is told a typhoon is building in the China Sea? How does this speak to his character?
8. What circumstance brings Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout together?
9. What ways do Fogg, Sir Francis, Passepartout, and their Parsee guide attempt to rescue Aouda? Who is able to successfully rescue her and why?
10. What scene do Fogg, Passepartout, and Sir Francis come upon in the jungle? Why is it significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Passepartout's experience in the Bombay temple significant for each of the main characters - Passepartout, Fogg, and Fix? In regards to local custom, how are Fogg's and Passepartout's experiences in Bombay similar?
Essay Topic 2
The reader can see throughout the story that Passepartout plays a significant role in Fogg's journey, but he also does his fair share of slowing Fogg down. List the ways that Passepartout hinders Fogg's journey. Are his actions malicious? Why or why not? Why do you believe Verne presented Passepartout as a challenge to Fogg, even though Passepartout was not one of Fogg antagonists?
Essay Topic 3
Fix immediately arrests Fogg as soon as he is back on British soil. What does this quick action mean for Fogg and Fix? What attributes are being highlighted in Fix, and in British detectives overall?
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