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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 interrupts Fogg and Colonel Proctor's attempt to handle their differences on the train across America?

2. How many days after returning home are Fogg and Aouda married?

3. Who says: "Yes, by all that is holiest, I love you, and I am entirely yours!"

4. Who must be restrained when Fogg is arrested?

5. What errand does Fogg send Passepartout on after speaking with Aouda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Fogg, Aouda, Fix, Colonel Proctor, and Passepartout effected by the Sioux Indian attack on the train?

2. How does Fogg react when he is released from holding in Liverpool for the crime he did not commit? What happens when he is released?

3. What does Passepartout share with Fogg and Aouda about his experience in the tavern? How does Fogg respond to Passepartout's story?

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

5. What impression are Fogg and his party left with of Salt Lake City and the Mormon people?

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

7. Describe the rest of Fogg's journey across America in Chapter 31. Where do he and his traveling party go? What happens when they reach New York?

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

9. Much to the readers surprise, at the end of Chapter 36, Fogg enters the Reform Club salon, winning the wager. How was this possible?

10. How does Passepartout come to rejoin Fogg and Aouda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jules Verne creates an interesting situation for Fogg and Fix aboard the Tankadere during the typhoon. Describe the situation from three points of view: Fix's, Fogg's, and the reader's. How is the situation different for each?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Jules Verne paints a specific picture of the Old West in America, just as he did for India, China, and Japan. What impression does the reader get of his feelings toward America? How does Jules Verne express his opinions?

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